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All unfairness synonyms

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noun unfairness

  • xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
  • grievance — a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
  • wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
  • inequality — social or economic disparity: inequality between the rich and the poor; widening income inequality in America. unequal opportunity or treatment resulting from this disparity: inequality in healthcare and education.
  • onesidedness — The property of being onesided.
  • extremism — The holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism.
  • willfulness — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
  • mistrial — a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
  • dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
  • inequity — lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias.
  • favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
  • fanaticism — fanatical character, spirit, or conduct.
  • immoderation — lack of moderation.
  • iniquitousness — Quality of being iniquitous.
  • racialism — racism.
  • narrowmindedness — Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
  • obsessiveness — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
  • monomania — (no longer in technical use) a psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to one idea or group of ideas.
  • discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
  • racism — a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
  • arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
  • miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
  • bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
  • favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
  • illiberality — narrowminded; bigoted.
  • zealotry — undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
  • headset — Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached.
  • iniquity — gross injustice or wickedness.
  • injustice — the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity.
  • incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
  • bigotry — Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
  • imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.

verb unfairness

  • jaundice — Also called icterus. Pathology. yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis. Compare physiologic jaundice.
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