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humanity Definition

hu·man·ity (hyo̵̅o̅ man′ə tē, yo̵̅o̅-)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. the fact or quality of being human; human nature
  2. human qualities or characteristics, esp. those considered desirable
  3. the human race; mankind; people
  4. the fact or quality of being humane; kindness, mercy, sympathy, etc.

Etymology: ME humanite < OFr < L humanitas

humanity Idioms

the humanities

  1. languages and literature, esp. the classical Greek and Latin
  2. the branches of learning concerned with human thought and relations, as distinguished from the sciences; esp., literature, philosophy, history, etc.

humanity Synonyms

humanity

n.

  1. The human race

    man, mankind, men; see man 1.

  2. An ideal of human behavior

    tolerance, sympathy, understanding; see kindness 1, virtue 1, 2.

humanity Usage Examples

Possessives

  • destiny: Instead, it put humanity's destiny in his own hand.
  • quest: Astronomy, he said, " breathes new life " into so many religious questions that arise from humanity's quest for meaning.

Preposition: as

whole: Compared to the lifetime of the sun, and the energy it produces, humanity as a whole would not even register.

Converse of object

  • redeem: The bible says that Christ had to die on the cross to redeem humanity from its fallen state.
  • reconcile: The first is God's reconciling a sinful humanity to his own self.
  • threaten: Spread by harvest dust, it threatens all humanity.
  • deny: Each of them is an inhuman, non-social form of something human and communal, a form of human life which denies humanity.
  • divide: The term ' race ' is sometimes used to divide humanity into different groups according to real or imagined common descent.
  • save: He had far more important things to do than save humanity from physical sickness.

Adjective modifier

  • sinful: The first is God's reconciling a sinful humanity to his own self.
  • common: Are there any shared values from our common humanity?
  • shared: To protect the humanity of the stranger is to protect our own, shared humanity.
  • true: Progress in ultrasound scanning means we can now see the true humanity of the unborn child.
  • medical: It is hosting a web database of refereed resources for teaching the medical humanities.

Modifies a noun

  • scholar: Computer scientists are better funded for the development of virtual reality technology than are humanities scholars.
  • discipline: Certainly there must be freedom to frame the law as a humanities discipline and not solely as a branch of social science.
  • faculty: This paper reports on a comparative study of how the science and humanities faculties of two universities in South Africa have interpreted the policy.
  • researcher: Arts and humanities researchers constitute nearly a quarter of all research-active staff in the higher education sector.
  • subject: Entrance requirements A first degree, usually a 2.1 in a humanities subject.
  • journal: For example, in the humanities journals are typically published quarterly.