humanity

Definitions

1. Humankind; human beings as a group.
   uncountable
2. The human condition or nature.
   uncountable
3. The human race:earth, flesh, Homo sapiens, humankind, man, mankind, universe, world.
4. The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
   uncountable
5. humanidad.
6. Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
   countable
7. Humans considered as a group; the human race.
8. The condition or quality of being human.
9. The quality of being humane; benevolence.
10. A humane characteristic, attribute, or act.
11. humanitiesa. The languages and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome; the classics.
12. the human race
13. the quality of being human
14. kindness or mercy

Equivalents

53 more languages

العربيةآدميةإنسانيةالإنسانيةبشريةناسوت+ 2 more

Беларускаячалавецтва

Българскичове́чество

বাংলাইনসানিয়াতমনুষ্যত্বমানবতা

Bosanskičovečanstvočovječanstvočovječnostljudstvoљудствочовечанствочовечностчовјечанство+ 5 more

Catalàhumanitat

Češtinahumanitahumánnostlidélidskostlidstvílidstvo+ 3 more

Cymraegdynoliaeth

Ελληνικάανθρωπιάανθρωπισμόςανθρωπότητα

Esperantohomarohumaneco

Eestiinimkond

Euskaragizatasun

Suomihumaanisuusihmiskuntaihmisyysinhimillisyys+ 1 more

Gaeilgecineáltas

Gàidhligdaonnachd

Galegohumanidade

हिन्दीआदमियतइनसानियतख़लक़मनुष्यतामानवमानवजातिमानवता+ 4 more

Hrvatskičovečanstvočovječanstvočovječnostljudstvoљудствочовечанствочовечностчовјечанство+ 5 more

Magyaremberiségemberség

Հայերենմարդկություն

Bahasa Indonesiakemanusiaan

Íslenskamannkyn

Italianobenevolenzaumanità

日本語人情人道人間性人類仁心+ 2 more

ქართულიადამიანთა მოდგმაკაცობრიობა

Қазақ тіліадамгершілікадамдық

ភាសាខ្មែរមនុស្សជាតិ

한국어인간인간성인도인류+ 1 more

Kurdîinsaniyetubuntu

Latinacivilitashumanitas

Latviešucilvēcecilvēcībacilvēcīgumshumanitāte+ 1 more

Македонскичовечностчовештво

മലയാളംമനുഷ്യത്വം

Nederlandshumaniteitmensdommenselijkheidmensengeslachtmensheidmenslievendheid+ 3 more

Polskiczłowiectwoczłowieczeńskiczłowieczeństwohumanitarnośćhumanitaryzmludzkość+ 3 more

Portuguêsbenevolênciahumanidade

Românăbunătateomenireumanitate

Русскийгуманностьчеловечествочеловечность

Slovenčinaľudstvo

Slovenščinačloveštvo

Српскиčovečanstvočovječanstvočovječnostljudstvoљудствочовечанствочовечностчовјечанство+ 5 more

Sesothobotho

Svenskahumanitetmänsklighetmedmänsklighet

Kiswahiliutu

ไทยมนุษยชาติโลก

Tagalogsangkatauhan

Setswanabotho

Türkçeinsaniinsaniyetinsanlık

Українськагуманітаркагума́нністьлюдстволюдяність+ 1 more

اردوانسانیت

Tiếng Việtloài ngườinhânnhân đạonhân giannhân loạinhân tìnhnhơn+ 4 more

isiXhosaubuntu

isiZuluisintuubuntu

Examples

“Then he commenced to talk⟳, really talk⟳. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like⟳ Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show⟳. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land⟳ knows what all.”

“At last⟳ the concourse is relatively clear of humanity and the task of clearing up can begin⟳.”

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain⟳ why anyone would take⟳ to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see⟳ humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].”

““The internet”, Eric Schmidt, former chairman of Google, famously observed, “is the first thing that humanity' has built that humanity doesn’t understand⟳, the largest experiment⟳ in anarchy that we have⟳ ever had.””

“Think⟳ of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold⟳ ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm⟳ in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!”

“Killing Animals Humanely. Humanity requires that animals be killed in the quickest and least painful manner. The following circular has been sent by our American Humane Education Society very widely through the country.”

“Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.”

CEFR level