Mankind definition
The human race; humankind.
noun
All human beings; the human race.
noun
All human males; the male sex.
noun
Men as opposed to women.
noun
Mankind is defined as all human beings.
An example of mankind is every person on the planet.
noun
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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