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humanity

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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.

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

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

Humanity human beings collectively, 1579.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
3.humanityhumanity - 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"
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"

humanity
noun 1. the human race, man, mankind, people, men, mortals, humankind, Homo sapiens
plural noun 4. arts, liberal arts, classics, classical studies, literae humaniores
Translations
Spanish humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] nhumanidad f
French humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] nhumanité f
German humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] human nMenschlichkeit f;
(mankind) → Menschheit f;
(humaneness) → Humanität f;
humanities human npl (Scol): the humanitiesdie Geisteswissenschaften pl

Italian humanity [hjuːˈmænɪtɪ] numanità;
the humanities → gli studi umanistici

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In brief, I lost my fine faiths in pretty well everything except humanity, and the humanity I retained faith in was a very stark humanity indeed.
It was the cry of the prophet who already hears emancipated humanity roaring and swarming; who beholds in the future, intelligence sapping faith, opinion dethroning belief, the world shaking off Rome.
It may, perhaps, be fairly questioned, whether any other portion of the population of the earth could have endured the privations, sufferings and horrors of slavery, without having become more degraded in the scale of humanity than the slaves of African descent.
 
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