humanity
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).
- inherited from humanyte
Definitions
Humankind
Humankind; human beings as a group.
- At last the concourse is relatively clear of humanity and the task of clearing up can begin.
The human condition or nature.
The quality of being benevolent
The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!
- Killing Animals Humanely. Humanity requires that animals be killed in the quickest and least painful manner. The following circular has been sent by our American Humane Education Society very widely through the country.
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Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
- Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
The neighborhood
- neighborhumanities
- neighborhumane
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at humanity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at humanity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at humanity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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