Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 21, 2004 11:45
20 yrs ago
English term
injustice vs unjustice
English
Other
Poetry & Literature
under the veil of propriety
All that is violent does not require arms.
All that is peaceful is not just.
Injustice is the mother of violence.
One does not purchase arms with sweat, expulsion, and self-sacrifice.
A quick Google search yields over a million and a half hits for injustice, but only somewhat over 5,000 for unjustice. Is Google right?
All that is peaceful is not just.
Injustice is the mother of violence.
One does not purchase arms with sweat, expulsion, and self-sacrifice.
A quick Google search yields over a million and a half hits for injustice, but only somewhat over 5,000 for unjustice. Is Google right?
Responses
5 +12 | injustice | Kpy |
5 +6 | the use of 'unjustice' is an 'injustice | airmailrpl |
5 +2 | both are valid | Julia Gal |
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+12
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injustice
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-06-21 11:54:14 GMT)
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You can be described as unjust (adjective), and the related noun is unjustness - but that is very rarely seen in practice.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-06-21 11:54:14 GMT)
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You can be described as unjust (adjective), and the related noun is unjustness - but that is very rarely seen in practice.
Peer comment(s):
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SirReaL
: google is right
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Thanks, SiReal!
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Steffen Walter
: Right, "unjustice" does not exist (wrong or at least highly unconventional word formation).
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Thanks Steffen!
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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Thanks Saleh!
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Stefanie Sendelbach
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Thanks, sundari!
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Hacene
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Thanks, Hacene!
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Julia Gal
: this was my gut reaction, but it's actually in the dictionary . Yes! You're right about the "obs" - I missed that...
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Yes Julia. But the [obs] means obsolete - and that was in the 1913 edition of Webster!
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Thanks, Vicky!
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sassa
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Thanks, Sassa!
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jccantrell
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agree |
David Moore (X)
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agree |
Milena Sahakian
7 hrs
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agree |
Nanny Wintjens
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Alfa Trans (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+6
6 mins
the use of 'unjustice' is an 'injustice
A quick Google search yields over a million and a half hits for injustice
'unjustice' is an incorrect extension of 'unjust'
'unjustice' is an incorrect extension of 'unjust'
Peer comment(s):
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Stefanie Sendelbach
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thank you
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SirReaL
: good thinking! it must be - otherwise a misspelling
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thank you
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Rowan Morrell
: Fully agree.
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thank you
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Nancy Arrowsmith
1 hr
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thank you
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Nanny Wintjens
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thank you
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nlingua
: witty
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thank you
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+2
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both are valid
I would probably never use the word 'unjustice' - it just doesn't sound as natural to me as 'injustice' - both both are actually in the dictionary:
"Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Unjustice \Un*jus"tice\, n.
Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] --Hales."
"Injustice \In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See
In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of
another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness;
imposition.
If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in
their extravagance, much more did they resemble and
even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. --Burke.
2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices
without being discovered, or at least without being
punished. --Swift."
http://dict.die.net
"Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Unjustice \Un*jus"tice\, n.
Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] --Hales."
"Injustice \In*jus"tice\, n. [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See
In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of
another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness;
imposition.
If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in
their extravagance, much more did they resemble and
even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. --Burke.
2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.
Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices
without being discovered, or at least without being
punished. --Swift."
http://dict.die.net
Peer comment(s):
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Hacene
: unjust yes, but not unjustice. Not in the OED and [OBS] mean obsolete
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Why is it in the Chambers dictionary, then?
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mrrobkoc
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n/a (X)
: Unjustice is listed as an obsolete term for injustice both in your ref above and in the OED. Ooops, I've just realised that this has been pointed out already. Sorry, didn't intend to labour the point!
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Peter Linton (X)
: The key point here is 'obsolete' in OED etc. And the word is not in Chambers 21st Century dictionary.
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lindaellen (X)
: also not in Random House Webster's College Dict.
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Alexander Onishko
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David Moore (X)
: Not in Chambers 20th. Century either....nor the Shorter OED
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humbird
: "Unjustice" is valid only in dictionary.
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Discussion
it could even be a spelling error (u and i are next to each other)