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inumanità

inhumanity

noun ee-noo-mah-nee-TAH Rare

Also means

cruelty

Usage Note

Inumanità (f) is an abstract noun with an invariable plural (le inumanità) — like all Italian nouns ending in an accented vowel, it does not change in the plural. It denotes an act or quality of being inhuman: le inumanità della guerra ('the inhumanities of war'). The adjective is inumano; a near-synonym is disumanità.

Examples

"L'inumanità di quella decisione ha scioccato tutti."

Natural Translation

The inhumanity of that decision shocked everyone.

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