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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being unequal |
| Synonyms: | injustice, unfairness, wrong |
| Notes: | inequity is 'injustice, unfairness'; iniquity refers to 'immorality, sin, wickedness' |
| Antonyms: | equity |
| Main Entry: | favoritism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bias, partiality |
| Synonyms: | discrimination, inclination, inequity, nepotism, one-sidedness, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, unfairness |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justice |
| Main Entry: | injustice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair treatment; bias |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality |
| Main Entry: | nepotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favoritism |
| Synonyms: | bias, discrimination, inequity, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment |
| Main Entry: | sexism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sex discrimination |
| Synonyms: | bias, bigotry, chauvinism, inequality, inequity, partiality, prejudice |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense, sin |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad deed, bias, blunder, crime, cruelty, damage, delinquency, discourtesy, error, evil, faux pas, favor, foul play, grievance, harm, hurt, immorality, imposition, indecency, inequity, inhumanity, iniquity, injury, injustice, insult, libel, malevolence, miscarriage, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, mistake, oppression, persecution, prejudice, sinfulness, slander, slight, spite, tort, transgression, trespass, turpitude, unfairness, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | goodness, kindness, right, virtue |
| Main Entry: | disproportionateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inequality |
| Synonyms: | disparity, disproportion, imbalance, inequity, unequalness, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | unfairness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injustice |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | unjustness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injustice |
| Synonyms: | abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
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