Cruelness and Humanity

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Cruelness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: far from being healers, the doctors in the Nazi death camps were notable for their senseless cruelness

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Humanity is an antonym for cruelness.

Humanity noun - Human beings in general.

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Cruelness is an antonym for humanity.

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Humanity and Cruelness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelness/humanity

Cruelness & Humanity. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelness/humanity>.

Humanity or Cruelness. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelness/humanity.

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