humanity

English

Etymology

From Middle English humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas (“human nature, humanity, also humane conduct”), from humanus (“human, humane”); see human, humane. The interjection was first used ("Oh, the humanity!") by Herbert Morrison reporting on the Hindenburg disaster.

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Noun

humanity (uncountable)

1. Mankind; human beings as a group.
2. The human condition or nature.
3. The quality of being benevolent.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:humankind

Related terms

• humanities
• humane

Derived terms

• humanitarian
• humanitarianism

Translations

human beings as a group

Catalan: humanitat (ca) f. Czech: lidstvo (cs) n. Dutch: mensheid f., mensdom n., mensengeslacht n. Finnish: ihmiskunta (fi) French: humanité (fr) f. German: Menschheit (de) f. Greek: ανθρωπότητα (el) f. Italian: umanità (it) f.

Korean: 인류 (ko), 인간 (ko) Kurdish: Kurmanji: mirovatî (ku) f. Sorani: مرۆڤایه‌تی Romanian: umanitate (ro) f., omenire (ro) Russian: человечество (ru) (čelovéčestvo) n. Spanish: humanidad (es) f. Turkish: insanlık (tr)

human condition

Catalan: humanitat (ca) f. Dutch: mensheid (nl) f. Finnish: ihmisyys (fi) French: humanité (fr) f. German: Humanität (de) f., Menschlichkeit (de) f.

Greek: ανθρώπινη υπόστασηf. Italian: umanità (it) f. Kurdish: Kurmanji: mirovatî (ku) f.

quality of being benevolent

Catalan: humanitat (ca) f. Dutch: menselijkheid f., menslievendheid f., humaniteit f. Finnish: humaanisuus (fi) French: humanité (fr) f. German: Humanität (de) f., Menschlichkeit (de) f. Greek: ανθρωπιά (el) f.

Italian: benevolenza (it) f. Kurdish: Kurmanji: mirovatî (ku) f. Romanian: bunătate (ro) f., benevolență (ro) f. Russian: человечность (ru) (čelovéčnost') f., гуманность (ru) (gumánnost') f.

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Mandarin: 人類, 人类 Japanese: 人間性

Korean: 인류 Latin: humanitas f.

External links

Wikipedia

• humanity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• humanity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911