mankind

Meaning

1. The human race in its entirety.
2. Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
3. (obsolete) Human feelings; humanity.

Synonyms

humanity

humankind

man

👨

human race

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

human being

human

human beings

humans

person

🧑‍🦱

world

🗺️

family

👪

class

men

society

public

folk

race

crowd

homo sapiens

community

lord of creation

mortality

lords of creation

humannity

mandom

body

Anthropos

citizen

citizenry

country

flesh

🥩

gender

genre

genus

human nature

human relations

kind

sort

style

type

way

womankind

men and women

the world

Homo sapiens

human creature

fellow creatures

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mænˈkaɪnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mankinde

Inherited from Old English: mancynn

Cognate with Scots: mankind

Cognate with Middle High German: mankünne

Cognate with Danish: mandkøn

Cognate with Icelandic: mannkyn

In summary

From Middle English mankinde, alteration (due to kinde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankin, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.