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Definition of Humanity
1. Noun. The quality of being humane.
2. Noun. The quality of being human. "He feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
Generic synonyms: Quality
Attributes: Human, Nonhuman
Derivative terms: Human, Human, Human, Human, Human
3. 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 Humanity
1. n. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
Definition of Humanity
1. Noun. Mankind; human beings as a group. ¹
2. Noun. The human condition or nature. ¹
3. Noun. The quality of being benevolent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanity
1. the human race [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Humanity
1. Origin: L. Humanitas: cf. F. Humanite. See Human. 1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. 2. Mankind collectively; the human race. "But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity." (Wordsworth) "It is a debt we owe to humanity." (S. S. Smith) 3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." 4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. "Polished with humanity and the study of witty science." (Holland) 5. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters. The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literae humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . By way of opposition to the literae divinae, or divinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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