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Cruelty inflicted by ordinary people, often excused or minimized by those who look away.
means Cruel, brutal treatment of people, carried out by ordinary humans acting without mercy.
from Built straightforwardly from Latin in- ('not') plus 'humanity' itself, which traces to humanus ('human') and ultimately humus ('earth, ground') — the same root that gives us 'humble.' So the word's deep architecture literally means 'not of the earth-creature,' a tidy irony for an act that only earth-creatures ever actually commit.
- etymology joke
- Literally means not-human, yet only humans qualify
- animal kingdom
- No lion has ever committed a war crime
- legal term
- Crimes against humanity are prosecuted, inhumanity itself is not
- grim irony
- Requires the full human toolkit: reason, planning, cruelty