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humanity

humanity

137 3.0
How people think, feel, and behave
  • noun
  • /hjuːˈmænɪti/
translation icon : condición humana
  • When in dark times, those small things remind us of our humanity.
  • common humanity
  • idea of humanity
  • nature of humanity

As a football player, you lose humanity, you become a God.

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Examples

  • Do you think technology is taking humanity away or it's adding to it?

  • For a moment after the financial crash of late 2008, humanity was seized with the transformational nature of our times.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Now why should this be the second most important moral principle for all humanity to follow?

    Academic text (1999)
  • All I'm asking is that we remember our common... our common humanity.

  • Cultural identity is near the core of one's humanity; history and place constitute one's existence.

    Academic text (1991)
  • It's very important for humanity to reconnect to our ancestors.

  • So I'm interested in the humanity of people who are deemed villainous.

  • This is humanity, this is Homo sapiens.

  • Finally, both thinkers held that the service of humanity distinguished a mature ethical character.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Throughout history, humanity has shown remarkable resilience in the face of adversity.

Synonyms

humanness
vshumanity
5 4.6

The feelings, faults, and kindness that belong to people

is the general state of being a person without stressing emotions

Compounds

Very serious crimes that harm many people, for example murder, slavery or torture

How Extraordinary

divinity
11 8.1
humanity
137 3.0

Surface Forms

humanity singular
humanities plural

Morphology

humanity = human (transparent) = human + ity

A straightforward nominalization expressing the state or condition of being human.

Etymology

Humanity comes from the Latin humanus ('human') and humanitas ('human nature'), a root shared with the word human. So humanity can mean the qualities that make us human, like thought and feeling.