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mankind

man·kind

UK/mænˈkaɪnd/ US/ˈmæˈnkaɪnd/ 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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Origin

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.

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