Humanity
[hjʊ'mænɪtɪ] or [hjʊ'mænəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
(n.) Mankind collectively; the human race.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
(n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Human nature.[2]. Kindness, benevolence, benignity, philanthropy, tenderness, sympathy, charity, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good nature, milk of human kindness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Man, mankind, kindness, tenderness, compassion, sensibility, philanthropy,benevolence
ANT:Unkindness, cruelty, inhumanity, bestiality, irrationality, barbarity
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Definition
n. the nature peculiar to a human being: the kind feelings of man: benevolence: tenderness: mankind collectively:—pl. Human′ities in Scotland grammar rhetoric Latin Greek and poetry so called from their humanising effects.—Professor of Humanity in Scotch universities the professor of Latin.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The human race collectively exclusive of the anthropoid poets.
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Examples
- Who, then, shall conduct education so that humanity may improve? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- At immense personal sacrifice I followed the dictates of my own ingenuity, my own humanity, my own caution, and took her identity instead. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the name of humanity open to us, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Part of the genuineness is its unpretentious humanity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In every victory he displayed humanity to the conquered, and decisively opposed any exhibition of cruelty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Seeing her as I saw her now, it would have been cruel to think of anything but the necessity and the humanity of restoring her composure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They do see that humanity is badly squeezed in the existing mould. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Now, Miss Maylie,' said Mr. Brownlow, 'to return to the subject in which your humanity is so much interested. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Sir John had his share--perhaps rather a large share--of the more harmless and amiable of the weaknesses incidental to humanity. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Humanity is a huge aggregate lie, and a huge lie is less than a small truth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hardly had the boat left the ship, when, caught by a huge wave, she capsized, and the waves were black with shrieking masses of humanity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- When Totila retook Naples from the Greeks, the Goths protected the women from insult and treated even the captured soldiers with humanity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then there would NEVER be another foul humanity created, for a universal defilement. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him--its peaceful enjoyments no charm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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