非ひ人じん道どう的てき

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Meanings

na-adjective

inhumane; inhuman

Describes actions, conditions, or treatment that lack compassion or basic human decency. Often used in social, political, or ethical contexts.

その刑けい務む所しょの環かん境きょうは非ひ人じん道どう的てきだと批ひ判はんされた。
The prison conditions were criticized as inhumane.
非ひ人じん道どう的てきな扱あつかいを受うけた難なん民みんが多おおくいる。
Many refugees have received inhuman treatment.

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Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
人person
道road-way, street, district
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

残ざん酷こく
残酷 focuses on cruelty and brutality, while 非人道的 emphasizes a lack of humanity or moral decency, often in a broader social or ethical sense.
人じん道どう的てき
The antonym, meaning humane or humanitarian.

Opposites

人じん道どう的てきN1
人道的 describes humane treatment that respects dignity, while 非人道的 describes treatment that is cruel or inhumane.

Word family

非ひ人じん道どう的てき兵へい器き
inhumane weapons; weapons against humanity

Built from

非ひ+人じん道どう的てき

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi-, 'non-') + 人道 (jindō, 'humanity') + 的 (-teki, '-like'). The word follows the standard pattern for forming adjectival nouns from Sino-Japanese roots.