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αδικία
injustice /a.ði.ˈci.a/
nounC1#3977 most common
Also: unfairness, wrongdoing, wrong (done to someone)
Example sentences
Αυτό είναι αδικία!
This is unfair!
Δεν μου αρέσει η αδικία.
I don't like injustice.
Πολλοί άνθρωποι παλεύουν ενάντια στην αδικία.
Many people fight against injustice.
Η κοινωνική αδικία προκαλεί μεγάλα προβλήματα στη χώρα.
Social injustice causes big problems in the country.
Ο δικαστής αναγνώρισε την αδικία που είχε υποστεί ο κατηγορούμενος.
The judge recognized the injustice the defendant had suffered.
Η ιστορία είναι γεμάτη από αδικίες που ποτέ δεν αποκαταστάθηκαν πλήρως.
History is full of injustices that were never fully redressed.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η αδικία | οι αδικίες |
| Genitive | της αδικίας | των αδικιών |
| Accusative | την αδικία | τις αδικίες |
| Vocative | αδικία | αδικίες |
Word family
άδικοςunjust, unfair
αδικώto wrong someone, to treat unfairly
δίκαιοςjust, fairδικαιοσύνηjusticeδίκηtrial, lawsuitEtymology
Αδικία comes from the adjective άδικος, meaning unjust, which combines the negative prefix α- with δίκη, the ancient Greek word for right, custom, and justice. δίκη traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *deik-, to show or point out, the same root behind Latin dicere and English words like indicate. The abstract noun suffix -ία turns the adjective into a noun naming the state of being unjust.
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