Man's inhumanity to man: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:56, 27 January 2021

Revision as of 19:47, 27 March 2021

Line 30:

</div></blockquote>

|}

==Phrase defined==

The phrase 'Man's inhumanity to man' is defined by its component parts.

The word "Man" followed by a " 's " ...

'''’s'''- /s, z before a voiced consonant/

· prefix archaic (used chiefly in oaths or declarations) God’s or Man's.

– ORIGIN shortened form.<ref name=COD> {{cite web

|accessdate=November 13, 2009 |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concise_Oxford_English_Dictionary

|title=[[Concise Oxford English Dictionary|Concise Oxford Dictionary]] - 10th Edition

|author=Pearsall, Judy

|work='Man was made to mourn: A Dirge'

|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]

|year=2001}}

NOTE: Rather than being a direct revision of the ninth edition, it was based on the larger [[Oxford Dictionary of English|New Oxford Dictionary of English]] (1998), which Pearsall had edited. Its compilation had involved a re-analysis of much of the core vocabulary using the [[British National Corpus]]. The tenth edition was also issued as an electronic resource, as a computer optical disc.</ref>

'''inhumanity'''

· n. (pl. inhumanities) cruel and brutal behavior.<ref name=COD/>

'''to'''

· prep.

1 expressing direction or position in relation to a particular ___location, point, or condition.<ref name=COD/>

'''man'''

· n. (pl. men)

1 an adult human male.

2 a male member of a workforce, team, etc.

3 a husband or lover: man and wife.

4 a person. Ø human beings in general; the human race.

– USAGE The generic use of man to refer to ‘human beings in general’ has become problematic in modern use; it is now widely regarded as old-fashioned or sexist. Alternative terms such as the human race or humankind may be used in some contexts, but elsewhere there are no established alternatives, for example for the term manpower or the verb man. <ref name=COD/> Or as in "man's inhumanity to man."

==Notable uses of the phrase==