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ingiustizia

injustice

noun een-joo-STEE-tsyah Rare
People & Society Law

Also means

unfairness

Usage Note

Ingiustizia is the direct negation of giustizia ('justice'), formed with the prefix in-. It can denote a specific act (una grave ingiustizia) or an abstract condition. A common exclamation is È un'ingiustizia! ('It's unfair!'). The plural le ingiustizie is regular. The adjective ingiusto means 'unjust' — not 'disgusting', which is disgustoso (a false-friend risk).

Examples

"Non possiamo accettare questa ingiustizia in silenzio."

Natural Translation

We cannot accept this injustice in silence.

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