非ひ情じょう

残ざん酷こくN1
非情 describes a cold, detached lack of feeling, whereas 残酷 emphasizes actively causing suffering through harsh treatment.
無む慈じ悲ひ
非情 means heartless or unfeeling, often used for cold, impersonal decisions or systems, whereas 無慈悲 can carry a more dramatic or moral condemnation.
残ざん忍にん
非情 highlights a lack of emotion or compassion, whereas 残忍 implies active, violent cruelty.
非ひ道どう
非情 focuses on a cold, unfeeling attitude, while 非道 focuses on the immorality of the act itself.
ハードボイルド
非情 emphasizes coldness or lack of pity in someone's actions, while ハードボイルド frames that toughness as a stylish, noir-like persona.

Opposites

有う情じょう sense 2
sentient beings · humaneness; compassion
人にん情じょうN1
非情 describes coldness or a lack of feeling toward others, the direct opposite of the warmth and compassion expressed by 人情.

Don't confuse with

無む情じょうN1
非情 is the more common modern word for ruthless or unfeeling behavior, while 無情 carries a stronger literary or Buddhist nuance and can also mean 'insentient.'

Word family

残ざん忍にん非ひ情じょう
utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi, 'not') and 情 (jō, 'feeling, emotion'). The Buddhist sense is a direct translation of the Sanskrit term 'nirjīva' or a related concept, referring to that which lacks a sentient principle.