humanity

hu·man·i·ty  (hy-mn-t)

n. pl. hu·man·i·ties

1. Humans considered as a group; the human race.

2. The condition or quality of being human.

3. The quality of being humane; benevolence.

4. A humane characteristic, attribute, or act.

5. humanities

a. The languages and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome; the classics.

b. Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts.

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[Middle English humanite, from Old French, from Latin hmnits, from hmnus, human; see human.]

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humanity

Noun

pl -ties

1. the human race

2. the quality of being human

3. kindness or mercy

4. humanities the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts

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Humanity human beings collectively, 1579.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humanity - the quality of being humane humaneness - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
	2.	humanity - the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" humanness, manhood quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	3.	humanity - all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" human beings, human race, humankind, humans, mankind, world, man group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

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humanity

noun 1. the human race, man, mankind, people, men, mortals, humankind, Homo sapiens

noun 2. human nature, mortality, humanness

noun 3. kindness, charity, compassion, understanding, sympathy, mercy, tolerance, tenderness, philanthropy, benevolence, fellow feeling, benignity, brotherly love, kind-heartedness

plural noun 4. arts, liberal arts, classics, classical studies, literae humaniores

Translations

humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] n → humanidad f

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humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] n → humanité f

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humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] human n → Menschlichkeit f;

(mankind) → Menschheit f;

(humaneness) → Humanität f;

humanities human npl (Scol): the humanities → die Geisteswissenschaften pl

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humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] n → umanità;

the humanities → gli studi umanistici