humanity

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
  2. (uncountable) The human condition or nature.
  3. (uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
  4. (countable) Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.

Synonyms

mankind
B2
humankind
C2
humaneness
human race
benevolence
28k
man
A1
👨
human nature
philanthropy
39k
kindness
B2
humans
B1
human beings
charity
B2
people
A1
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
world
A1
🗺️
human being
manhood
C2
humanness
family
A1
👪
manliness
39k
class
A2
compassion
C1
humanism
humanitarianism
sympathy
C1
culture
B2
empathy
C2
human
A2

human relations

person
A1
🧑‍🦱
instinct
C1

humannity

mercy
B1
civilization
C1
love
A1
❤️
mortality
C2
society
B1
personhood
mandom
attractiveness
48k
Anthropos
body
A1
charitableness
charm
B2
citizen
B2
citizenry
civilisation
C2
consideration
C1
country
A1
crowd
B1
favour
B2
Translations

humanité
humanidad
umanità
humanidade
Menschheit
Menschlichkeit
mensheid
Humanität

ανθρωπότητα

humanitat
mensdom

mirovatî

insan
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hjuˈmænɪti/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
humanyte
In summary

Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).

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