past injustice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpastandinjustice
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past
adjective
uk/pɑːst/us/pæst/
used to refer to a period of time before and until ...
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injustice
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
(an example of) a situation in which there is no fairness ...
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(Definition ofpastandinjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpast injustice
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Nor would it necessarily result from ordering them in terms of 'betterness with respect to compensating forpastinjustice'.
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Histories like this, which combine cultural and social analysis in context, advance our understanding ofpastinjusticeand open the possibility of redress.
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We now expect both communities to approach the matter by focusing less onpastinjusticeand more on future solutions.
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Many others who are facingpastinjusticecould make legitimate claims.
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The group justice model, therefore, not only aims to redress past injustices but also seeks to achieve an equal distribution of social goods.
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Many of them have little confidence in the country's judicial system as a means for resolving past injustices.
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Nor does it mean that communities do not have their own distinctive written and unwritten memories of past injustices and violence against them.
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Of course, one option open to some thinkers would be a tax regime to mitigate the effects of past injustices.
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An open, transparent, and, above all, honest approach in facing past injustices and wrong deeds is an essential prerequisite for the success of such an endeavor.
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We knew that past injustices would not be perpetuated.
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That perception has been caused by a number of past injustices that have been mentioned.
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Past injustices will go without impartial remedy.
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I know that my words will fall on receptive ears and that action will be taken and past injustices remedied.
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He also called for an honest facing up to past injustices.
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Legacy of vengeance-seeking group grievance: based on recent or past injustices, which could date back centuries.
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Because of this, reverse discrimination is said to be both irrelevant to the aim of compensating for past injustices and unfair to those whose superior qualifications are bypassed.
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