Meaning & use
social injustice
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountable
unfair treatment of people in society, especially when a group is denied equal rights or opportunities.
Grammar: Can be uncountable ('fight social injustice') or countable ('many social injustices').
Patterns
- fight social injustice
- a social injustice against someone
- social injustice in something
The protesters marched against social injustice in the legal system.
Poverty and poor housing are examples of social injustice.
She wrote a book about social injustice and how to change it.
Word forms
| plural | social injustices |
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Common combinations
- fight social injustice
- Many young people want to fight social injustice in their communities.
- a social injustice against a group
- The law was seen as a social injustice against immigrants.
- examples of social injustice
- The teacher asked for examples of social injustice in history.
Synonyms and how they differ
- inequality
- This is a broader term for unfair differences in wealth, rights, or opportunities; 'social injustice' often focuses on the unfairness itself.
- unfairness
- This is a general word for any unfair situation; 'social injustice' is specifically about unfairness in society or between groups.
Opposites
Word family
- socially unjust adjective
- Describing a situation or system that is unfair to a group in society.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'social injustice' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Answer 0 fits because 'social injustice' refers to unfair treatment of groups in society. The other options use it for personal disappointments or trivial matters.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “social injustice”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.