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hu·man

(hyo͞o′mən)

1. A member of the primate genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished from other apes by a large brain and the capacity for speech.

2. A person: the extraordinary humans who explored Antarctica.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of humans: the course of human events; the human race.

2. Having or showing those positive aspects of nature and character regarded as distinguishing humans from other animals: an act of human kindness.

3. Subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans: a mistake that shows he's only human; human frailty.

4. Having the form of a human.

5. Made up of humans: formed a human bridge across the ice.

[Middle English humain, from Old French, from Latin hūmānus; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

hu′man·hood′ n.

hu′man·ness n.

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humanhood

(ˈhjuːmənˌhʊd)

the state or character of being human

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(117) See, e.g., Mary Anne Warren, On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion, 57 The Monist 4, 5 (1973) (arguing there are five indicia of personhood: consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, capacity to communicate, and presence of self-concepts and selfawareness); Joseph Fletcher, Indicators of Humanhood: A Tentative Profile of Man, Hastings Center Rep., at 1-2 (1972) (arguing that there are four indicia of personhood: minimum intelligence, self-awareness, sense of time, and the ability to relate to others); Joseph Fletcher, Four Indicators of Humanhood--The Enquiry Matures, 4(6) Hastings Center Rep.

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