Humanity

[hu·man·i·ty]

Humanity is the human race, which includes everyone on Earth. It’s also a word for the qualities that make us human, such as the ability to love and have compassion, be creative, and not be a robot or alien.

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The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

Noun
the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"

Noun
the quality of being humane

Noun
all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind'' because `mankind'' seemed to slight the women"


n.
The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

n.
Mankind collectively; the human race.

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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.

n.
Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

n.
The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.


Humanity

Hu*man"i*ty , n.; pl. Humanities . [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanit'82. 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.
It is a debt we owe to humanity.
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.
5. pl. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters. &hand; The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and arch'91ology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called liter'91 humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the liter'91 divin'91, or divinity. G. P. Marsh.

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

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Usage Examples

All humanity is passion without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.

Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.

Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.

'Vote Love' means vote equality. It means vote change. It means vote what's right for humanity.

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Other Usage Examples

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

'Robopocalypse' explores the intertwined fates of regular people who face a future filled with murderous machines. It follows them as humanity foments the robot uprising, fails to recognize the coming storm, and then is rocked to the core by methodical, crippling attacks.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

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