Meaning & use
injustices
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“injustices” is a form of “injustice”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meaning
nounplural
Situations or acts in which people are treated unfairly and denied what is right or deserved.
Grammar: Plural of injustice: past injustices, but one injustice.
Patterns
- injustices against someone
- injustices of something
The march called attention to racial injustices.
Many workers faced injustices that were never corrected.
She spent her career fighting injustices in the legal system.
Word forms
| singular | injustice |
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Common combinations
- past injustices
- The government apologized for past injustices.
- right the injustices
- The new law aims to right the injustices of the old system.
- social injustices
- The novel exposes the social injustices of the era.
- fight injustices
- He joined the group to fight injustices in his town.
- suffer injustices
- Minority groups often suffered injustices in court.
Synonyms and how they differ
- wrongs
- Is shorter and more general, covering any wrong act, not only unfair treatment of people.
- inequities
- Is more formal and points to unfair differences in how groups are treated.
- grievances
- Refers to the complaints people feel about unfairness rather than the unfair acts.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: injustices or injustice?
injustices vs injustice
The singular form; use injustices only when you mean more than one.
Practice
The museum tells the story of the ____ suffered by workers in the 1800s.
Choose one answer.
Injustices means several unfair acts, which fits what workers suffered. Justices means judges, a tempting but wrong word.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “injustices”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.