mutantkind

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English

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Etymology

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From mutant +‎ -kind.

Noun

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mutantkind (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly fiction) Mutants, collectively; the race of mutants.
    • 1997, Eluki Bes Shahar, Smoke and Mirrors, →ISBN:
      "Dr. Bocklin believes he's discovered what amounts to an on/off switch for human mutation, and current events lead me to believe that his discovery will have the direst consequences for mutantkind."
    • 2011, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, X-Men: Second Coming, Marvel Entertainment, →ISBN:
      With the members of their race slowly dying out and no new mutants being born, mutantkind was on the brink of extinction.
    • 2011, Ben Dyer, Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward, →ISBN:
      After all, doesn't Magneto just want to protect mutantkind, and isn't Ra's Al Ghul just trying to save the planet? Lex Luthor is just a frustrated humanist, and if he troubles himself to remember the names of his janitor's kids, he can't be all bad, [...]