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humanity

humanity

392 1.0
All people in the world considered as a group
  • noun
  • /hjuːˈmænɪti/
translation icon : humanidad
  • What good has most of humanity brought to this planet?
  • benefit humanity
  • common humanity
  • crimes against humanity

It will be there until the end of humanity as well.

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Examples

  • Given the precarious state of the global environment, humanity cannot afford to miss many of them.

    Academic text (1990)
  • "The problem of God has occupied humanity for as long as we have had written records.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • How do I actually see humanity in each of you?

  • If the Internet is the future for humanity, it's definitely the future for war.

  • So they try to change humanity, but they fail.

  • Is it worth saving humanity?

  • It's the most existential debate and challenge humanity will ever face.

  • This is a much needed and well overdue upgrade for humanity.

  • In his heart, there was an odd affection for the massed humanity that surrounded him.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • How do I actually see humanity in each of you?

Synonyms

man
vshumanity
1.0

Any human being, male or female

refers to the whole group rather than a single person
world
vshumanity
1.0

All the people who live on Earth

is the same collective idea but without geographic emphasis
mankind
vshumanity
400 1.0

All people on Earth viewed as a single group

is the neutral modern name for the same collective idea
human beings
vshumanity
362 1.0

All people considered together as a group

is the slightly more abstract or idealised term for the whole group
people
vshumanity
264 1.0

Human beings in a group, for example in a country

is broader, covering everyone on Earth rather than one place
human race
vshumanity
111 1.5

All people who live on Earth as one group

is the more general or single-word term for that global group
humankind
vshumanity
66 2.3

All people as one group

is the more formal or literary word for the same collective idea
humans
vshumanity
3 1.0

All people as one group

is a more abstract or traditional label for that same collective
Homo sapiens
vshumanity
  • Specialized
3 3.2

The scientific name for the modern human group, different from extinct species like Neanderthals

is the common collective term used outside scientific naming
Homo sapiens sapiens
vshumanity
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A group of humans that includes all living people

is the everyday collective term rather than a scientific classification
Homo hominis
vshumanity
  • Formal
9.9

A Latin phrase that scientists use to mean humans

is the plain English collective term rather than a scholarly phrase

Compounds

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

Surface Forms

humanity singular
humanities plural

Morphology

humanity = human (transparent) = human + ity

The collective meaning 'all human beings' is a regular noun sense extension of the abstract noun formed from 'human' + '-ity'.

Etymology

Humanity comes from the Latin humanitas and humanus and can also mean 'all human beings' as a group. So when we speak of humanity we mean people everywhere, the whole human race.