C1nounsocietylaw
US/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
UK/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
a situation in which people are treated unfairly; also a single unfair act
In context
She has spent her career fighting injustice in the legal system.
Many people felt a deep sense of injustice when the court's decision was announced.
It would be an injustice to blame the workers for the company's mistakes.
Words that go with injustice
adjective + noun
- social injusticeHer songs speak about poverty and social injustice.
- historical injusticeThe government apologized for a historical injustice against the island's people.
- great injusticeLosing his job after twenty years felt like a great injustice.
- economic injusticeThe report links economic injustice to poor health.
noun + preposition
- sense of injusticeA strong sense of injustice drove the students to protest.
verb + noun
- fight injusticeThe charity gives young lawyers the tools to fight injustice.