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humanity

hu·ma·nity

US/hjuˈmænɪti/ common

noun

1.

all of the inhabitants of the earth

  • “all the world loves a lover”
  • “she always used”
  • “because”
  • “seemed to slight the women”
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2.

the quality of being humane

3.

the quality of being human

  • “he feared the speedy decline of all manhood”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).

Phrases

  • crime against humanity
  • criminal against humanity

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