Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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injustice

/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ noun

Forms injustices

  1. noun Absence of justice; unjustice.
  2. noun Violation of the rights of another person or people. “Silence in the face of gross injustice, or support for it, or even active involvement therein, comes at a price.”
  3. noun Unfairness; the state of not being fair or just.
  4. noun (humorous, derogatory) Justice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.

Synonyms

justicelessness unjustice wrength wrong unfairness iniquity shabbiness unjustness

Antonyms

justice

Etymology

From Middle English injustice, from Old French injustice, from Latin iniustitia. Equivalent to in- + justice. Displaced native Old English unrihtwīsnes.

Blend of injustice + Justice

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
  2. noun An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong.

Etymology [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and Justice, and cf. Unjust.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “injustice”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “injustice” (best matches first).

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