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Definition of Human race
1. Noun. All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. "She always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping, Homo, Human, Human Being, Man
Member holonyms: People
Definition of Human race
1. Noun. mankind, humanity; humankind; Homo sapiens ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Human Race
Literary usage of Human race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Alexander Pope (1760)
"In care of human race ; ev'n Jove's own eye Sees with regret unhappy mortals die.
... human race ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Education is revelation which is given to the individual; revelation is education
which has been and is still given to the human race. 3. ..."
3. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"Fifth, The child follows the natural way of development of the human race.
In short, such education makes the evolution of the individual harmonise with ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1882)
"GEIGER'S DEVELOPMENT OF THE human race—From the press of Houghton, Mifflin &
Co., of Boston, appears a work entitled " Contributions to the History of the ..."
5. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1915)
"WHY SHOULD WE PLACE CHRIST AT THB TOP AND SUMMIT OF THE human race ... hopes and
fears, the equal of Shakespeare, the greatest of the human race? ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The permanence of marriage for the whole human race according to natural law is
here confirmed and ratified by a Divine positive ordinance. 2. ..."
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