Mankind Definition

mănkīnd
noun
All human beings; the human race.
Webster's New World
All human males; the male sex.
Webster's New World
Men as opposed to women.
American Heritage
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  • plant life
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Origin of Mankind

  • From Middle English mankinde, mankende, mankunde, mankuinde, alteration (due to kinde, kunde (“kind, nature, sort")) of earlier mankin, mankun, mancun (“mankind"), from Old English mancynn; equivalent to man +"Ž kin, and/or man +"Ž -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Swedish mankön, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind"). See also mankin.

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Mankind Sentence Examples

  • All that may be so and mankind is ready to agree with it, but it is not what was asked.

  • All this food underfoot and what did mankind do?

  • Only mankind would consider the ability to destroy the earth, a sign of intelligence - and call it civilization.

  • Happiness is the end of mankind.

  • The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own castoff griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

Words Ending With

DNDIND

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Words Starting With M and Ending With D

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