humanity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /hjuˈmænɪti/ (US)
- [j̊ʊwˈmænɪɾi] (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
At last the concourse is relatively clear of humanity and the task of clearing up can begin.
1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 265: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; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:“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.”
2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian: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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- (uncountable) The human condition or nature.
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(uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
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.
[1890], The American Humane Education Society, “Kiling Animals Humanely”, in A[nna] Sewell, Black Beauty: […], American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] [T]he American Humane Education Society, →OCLC: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!
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Ship”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 90:
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(countable) Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| humanities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
superhumanity · whitemanity · posthumanity · crime against humanity · unhumanity · humanitarianism · subhumanity · criminal against humanity · nonhumanity · inhumanity · transhumanity · humanitarian · antihumanity · suprahumanity
Relateds
Synonyms
Homo sapiens · human race · humankind · personkind · mankind · man · peoplekind · humaneness · race · humanity · Man
Translations (208)
nl menslievendheid (quality of being benevolent) · be лю́дзкасць (human condition) · ro umanitate (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sh љу̀дство (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ka ადამიანურობა (quality of being benevolent) · tg башарият (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · vi nhân loại (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · tr insani (quality of being benevolent) · ca humanitat (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · de Humanität (human condition) · ba кешелек (quality of being benevolent) · cs lidstvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ny umunthu (human condition) · zu ubuntu (human condition) · ar إِنْسَانِيَّة (quality of being benevolent) · hi मानवता (quality of being benevolent) · ru челове́чность (quality of being benevolent) · ml മനുഷ്യത്വം (quality of being benevolent) · pt humanidade (human condition) · be чалаве́чнасць (human condition) · ang mancynn (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · de Menschheit (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ba кешелек (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ttj obuntu class 14 (human condition) · cs lidskost (quality of being benevolent) · mk човечност (human condition) · tr ademiyet (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · toi tibuntu (human condition) · pt humanidade (quality of being benevolent) · qu runakay (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sn unhu (human condition) · sn hunhu (human condition) · be лю́дзкасьць (quality of being benevolent) · nl humaniteit (quality of being benevolent) · ca humanitat (quality of being benevolent) · kmr mirovatî (human condition) · uk лю́дяність (human condition) · be лю́дзкасць (quality of being benevolent) · ro bunătate (quality of being benevolent) · lv cilvēcība (quality of being benevolent) · sk ľudstvo (human condition) · ro omenire (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sw utu (human condition) · nl mensheid (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ckb مرۆڤایەتی (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · enm mankynde (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ar إِنْسَانِيَّة (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · grc ἀνθρωπότης (human condition) · es humanidad (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · uk гума́нність (quality of being benevolent) · hi मानवता (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · zu isintu (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · st botho (human condition) · mk човештво (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ka ადამიანობა (human condition) · ur اِنْسانِیَت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · fr humanité (human condition) · bg чове́чество (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · et humaansus (quality of being benevolent) · sl človeštvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sh човјеча̀нство (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sl človečnost (human condition) · ca humanitat (human condition) · la humanitas (human condition) · uk лю́дяність (quality of being benevolent) · fa-ira آدَمِیَّت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ko 인간 (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · tg башар (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · el ανθρωπότητα (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · lt žmonija (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · tl sangkatauhan (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · lo ມະນຸດສະຊາດ (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · rw ubuntu (human condition) · xh ubuntu (human condition) · de Humanität (quality of being benevolent) · sv mänsklighet (quality of being benevolent) · tg инсоният (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ba кешелек (human condition) · nl mensheid (human condition) · de Menschlichkeit (quality of being benevolent) · hi मानवजाति (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · be гума́ннасць (quality of being benevolent) · cs lidství (human condition) · ja 人間性 (human condition) · fi ihmisyys (human condition) · be чалаве́чнасць (quality of being benevolent) · uk лю́дство (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · kk адамдық (human condition) · ko 인간성 (human condition) · pl ludzkość (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · zu ubuntu (quality of being benevolent) · enm humanyte (quality of being benevolent) · et inimlikkus (quality of being benevolent) · pl humanitaryzm (quality of being benevolent) · tg одамият (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · kmr mirovatî (quality of being benevolent) · ang mennisċnes (human condition) · ka ადამიანთა მოდგმა (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · eo homaro (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · th มนุษยชาติ (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · km មនុស្សជាតិ (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · da menneskelighed (human condition) · cs lidé (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · kmr mirovatî (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sv medmänsklighet (quality of being benevolent) · sh човеча̀нство (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sk ľudskosť (human condition) · hu emberiség (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ur بَشَر (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · eu gizatasun (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · nds-de Menschheit (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · be чалаве́чнасьць (quality of being benevolent) · fa-ira اِنْسانِیَّت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sh čovečànstvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · de Menschlichkeit (human condition) · ur آدَم زاد (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sh čovječànstvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (human condition) · tr insaniyet (human condition) · kg kimuntu (human condition) · nl mensengeslacht (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · be чалаве́цтва (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · gl humanidade (quality of being benevolent) · pl humanitarność (quality of being benevolent) · fi ihmiskunta (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · lv humanitāte (quality of being benevolent) · ur آدْمِیَت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · hz omundo (human condition) · tr insanlık (human condition) · ko 인류 (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · et inimsus (human condition) · bg хума́нност (quality of being benevolent) · mer munto (human condition) · enm mankyn (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ja 人類 (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · pt benevolência (quality of being benevolent) · ar بَشَرِيَّة (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · el ανθρώπινη υπόσταση (human condition) · sv mänsklighet (human condition) · fa-ira بَشَر (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ur بَشَرِیَت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ru челове́чность (human condition) · cs humanita (quality of being benevolent) · yi מענטשהייט (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · fa-ira بَشَرِیَّت (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ar إِنْسَانِيَّة (human condition) · ar بَشَرِيَّة (quality of being benevolent) · be лю́дзкасьць (human condition) · hy մարդկություն (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · lv cilvēce (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · nl mensdom (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sv mänsklighet (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · is mannkyn (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · vi nhân tính (quality of being benevolent) · bn মানবতা (quality of being benevolent) · be чалаве́чнасьць (human condition) · lad umanidad (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ar بَشَرِيَّة (human condition) · fi humaanisuus (quality of being benevolent) · it umanità (human condition) · hy մարդկություն (quality of being benevolent) · enm humanyte (human condition) · gl humanidade (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · cs lidskost (human condition) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · it umanità (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ba кешелеклек (quality of being benevolent) · et inimkond (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · hu emberség (quality of being benevolent) · eo humaneco (quality of being benevolent) · nds-de Minschheit (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · hsb čłowječnosć (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ga cineáltas (quality of being benevolent) · bg чове́чност (human condition) · ru гума́нность (quality of being benevolent) · ang mennisċlīcnes (quality of being benevolent) · fr humanité (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · pt humanidade (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · sk ľudstvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · cmn 人類 /人类 (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ka კაცობრიობა (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · nl menselijkheid (quality of being benevolent) · luy omundu (human condition) · cy dynoliaeth (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · mi koutangata (human condition) · bn মনুষ্যত্ব (quality of being benevolent) · mi hunga tāngata (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · cs humánnost (quality of being benevolent) · pl człowieczeństwo (quality of being benevolent) · ar آدَمِيَّة (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · be гума́ннасьць (quality of being benevolent) · tr insanlık (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ki umundu (human condition) · bn ইনসানিয়াত (quality of being benevolent) · kk адамгершілік (quality of being benevolent) · lv cilvēcigums (quality of being benevolent) · mi mātātangata (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · fr humanité (quality of being benevolent) · sh ljùdstvo (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · el ανθρωπιά (quality of being benevolent) · ru челове́чество (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · ro benevolență (quality of being benevolent) · vi loài người (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · tn botho (human condition) · ba кешелеклелек (quality of being benevolent) · it benevolenza (quality of being benevolent) · tr insaniyet (human beings as a group — see also mankind) · pl człowieczeństwo (human condition)