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Humanity - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Humanity : (noun)
1: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a
lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind'
seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human race,
humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man]
2: the quality of being humane
3: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of
all manhood" [syn: humanness, manhood]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Humanity : \Hu*man"i*ty\, n.; pl. Humanities. [L. humanitas: cf.
F. humanit['e]. 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.'' --Locke.
4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in
classical and polite literature.
Polished with humanity and the study of witty
science. --Holland.
5. pl. (With definite article) The branches of polite or
elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the
ancient classics; belles-letters.
Note: The cultivation of the languages, literature, history,
and arch[ae]ology of Greece and Rome, were very
commonly called liter[ae] humaniores, or, in English,
the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the
liter[ae] divin[ae], or divinity. --G. P. Marsh.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Humanity |
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SteelerRon: Jesus Christ: "Thou, as the center of all things, in the new heav'n and earth shalt be, forever as the One divine, existing in Humanity." |
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johnlusher: RT @nursebevw: formspring.me - What is the greatest good any one person can do for Humanity as a whole? Live ... http://tumblr.com/xe04kmiiq |
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KennyDay: Nutcracker on Ice? Someone please explain this unbelievably inept (and slightly peculiar) mass of Humanity in Gallery Place Metro right now! |
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