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Definition of Human being
1. Noun. Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
Terms within: Loin, Lumbus, Anatomy, Bod, Build, Chassis, Figure, Flesh, Form, Frame, Human Body, Material Body, Physical Body, Physique, Shape, Soma, Body Hair, Head Of Hair, Mane, Human Head, Foot, Human Foot, Pes, Arm, Hand, Manus, Mitt, Paw, Face, Human Face
Generic synonyms: Hominid
Group relationships: Genus Homo
Specialized synonyms: Human Beings, Human Race, Humanity, Humankind, Humans, Man, Mankind, World, Homo Erectus, Homo Soloensis, Homo Habilis, Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, Neandertal, Neandertal Man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal Man, Homo Rhodesiensis, Rhodesian Man
Examples of category: Body, Organic Structure, Physical Structure, Side, Nutrition, Schistosome Dermatitis, Swimmer's Itch, Hyperdactyly, Polydactyly, Syndactylism, Syndactyly, Prepubertal, Prepubescent
Derivative terms: Human, Human
Definition of Human being
1. Noun. A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species ''Homo sapiens''. ¹
2. Noun. Another, extinct member of the genus ''Homo''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Human Being
Literary usage of Human being
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"A charge that no one has the right to shoot a human being with a pistol unless
the act is justified or excused by some rule of law held not erroneous as an ..."
2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"crno dut quod non haltet,"— of Mississippi, has it been made to appear that (lie
slave is a reasonable creature,— a human being ! What sort of system, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... from that which these terms bear for the man who believes that each human
being possessed of reason can by his own free will determine his deliberate ..."
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