[U,C] the fact of a situation being unfair and of people not being treated equally; an unfair act or an example of unfair treatment:
fighting against poverty and injustice * a burning sense of injustice * racial / social injustice * She was enraged at the injustice of the remark. * The report exposes the injustices of the system.
OPPJUSTICE
IDIOMS
do yourself / sb an injustice to judge yourself/sb unfairly:
We may have been doing him an injustice. This work is good.
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