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INHUMAN TREATMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does inhuman treatment mean?

• INHUMAN TREATMENT (noun)
The noun INHUMAN TREATMENT has 1 sense:

1. a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

Familiarity information: INHUMAN TREATMENT used as a noun is very rare.

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• INHUMAN TREATMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cruelty; inhuman treatment

Hypernyms ("inhuman treatment" is a kind of...):

abuse; ill-treatment; ill-usage; maltreatment (cruel or inhumane treatment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inhuman treatment"):

impalement (the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture)

atrocity; inhumanity (an act of atrocious cruelty)

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