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mankind

mankind

400 1.0
All people on Earth viewed as a single group
  • noun
  • /ˈmænˌkaɪnd/
translation icon : humanidad
  • You're the biggest story in the history of mankind.
  • mankind as a whole
  • history of mankind
  • rights of mankind

And because of the sin of mankind, light banished them.

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Examples

  • For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.

  • From the creation of this beautiful world of ours to the fall of mankind.

  • In the history of mankind, nobody has created anything to match it.

  • It's taken millions of years for mankind to progress to where we are.

  • If this is the case, then mankind must be the author.

  • And it has to deal with the origins of mankind on Earth.

  • Instead of developing a technology for the benefit of mankind, he viewed his work as an academic exercise.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Then God said let us make mankind in our image and in our likeness.

  • If we aspire to preserve mankind, leaving something for our own generation is not enough.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Throughout history, mankind has made remarkable advancements in technology and culture.

Synonyms

world
vsmankind
1.0

All the people who live on Earth

focuses on the human species specifically rather than the public role
humanity
vsmankind
392 1.0

All people in the world considered as a group

is the same collective idea phrased differently
human beings
vsmankind
362 1.0

All people considered together as a group

means the same collective grouping in more general language
people
vsmankind
264 1.0

Human beings in a group, for example in a country

is broader as a global collective rather than civic grouping
human race
vsmankind
111 1.5

All people who live on Earth as one group

uses the same global grouping but in different words
humankind
vsmankind
66 2.3

All people as one group

expresses the same collective concept with alternate wording
one and all
vsmankind
23 2.8

All people without exception

states the same total inclusion but in general terms
humans
vsmankind
3 1.0

All people as one group

covers the same collective idea but in alternate form
modern man
vsmankind
3 3.7

The group that includes all living human beings

is the common collective label rather than a species phrase
Homo sapiens
vsmankind
  • Specialized
3 3.2

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

is a general, nontechnical collective term for the same group
Homo sapiens sapiens
vsmankind
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A group of humans that includes all living people

is the everyday collective term rather than a technical label
Homo hominis
vsmankind
  • Formal
9.9

A Latin phrase that scientists use to mean humans

is the plain everyday collective expression rather than a scholarly form

Idioms

A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people

Surface Forms

mankind singular
mankinds plural

Morphology

mankind = man + kind (transparent) = man + kind

The compound directly combines 'man' + 'kind' to denote the human race, so speakers who know both components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Mankind comes from old English parts man meaning 'person' and kind meaning 'type' or 'group'. So, mankind literally means the 'human kind', that is, all people together.