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inhumanity(n.)

"野蛮的残忍",15世纪晚期,来自法语 inhumanité(14世纪)或直接源自拉丁语 inhumanitatem(主格 inhumanitas)"不人道的行为,野蛮; 不文明,粗鲁",质量名词,源自 inhumanus "不人道的,野蛮的,残忍的"(参见 inhuman)。

And Man, whose heav'n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,—
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
[Robert Burns, "Man was Made to Mourn," 1784]
而人,他那天堂般的面容
被爱的微笑所装点,
人类对人类的不人道行为
让无数人哀叹!
[罗伯特·彭斯,《人类为哀叹而生》,1784年]

该词起源时间:15世纪末