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hu·man·kind

(hyo͞o′mən-kīnd′)

The human race: "humankind's God-given creativity" (New York Times).

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humankind

(ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd)

the human race; humanity

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hu•man•kind

(ˈhyu mənˌkaɪnd, -ˈkaɪnd; often ˈyu-)

n.

human beings collectively; the human race; humanity.

[1635–45]

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Noun

humankind - 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, humans, mankind, humanity, world, man

group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

human, human being, 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"

humankind

noun humanity, man, mankind, people, mortals, Homo sapiens one of the age-old practices of humankind

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

humankind

noun

The human race:

earth, flesh, Homo sapiens, humanity, man, mankind, universe, world.

Translations

lidstvo

Menschheit

género humano humanidadraza humana

humanité

人類

humanidade

humankind

[ˈhjuːmənˈkaɪnd] N → el género humano

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

humankind

[ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd] n → l'humanité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

humankind

n → die Menschheit

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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And if the years, as I hope, bring other little folks to your home, I want you to promise me that you'll tell THEM the story of lost Margaret, so that her name won't be forgotten among humankind."

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Thus, reader, we have at length brought our history to a conclusion, in which, to our great pleasure, though contrary, perhaps, to thy expectation, Mr Jones appears to be the happiest of all humankind; for what happiness this world affords equal to the possession of such a woman as Sophia, I sincerely own I have never yet discovered.

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The links that united her to the rest of humankind -- links of flowers, or silk, or gold, or whatever the material -- had all been broken.

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They were stern days, and if the honest soldier, too poor for a ransom, had no prospect of mercy upon the battle-field, what ruth was there for sea robbers, the enemies of humankind, taken in the very deed, with proofs of their crimes still swinging upon their yard-arm.

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Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?

I leave you, and in you the last of humankind whom these eyes will ever behold.

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I was indeed treated with much kindness: I was the favourite of a great king and queen, and the delight of the whole court; but it was upon such a foot as ill became the dignity of humankind. I could never forget those domestic pledges I had left behind me.

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To all humankind besides Tess was only a passing thought.

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Since the time of noble Whittington, fair flower of merchants, bells have come to have less sympathy with humankind. They only ring for money and on state occasions.

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Yet I have heard you speak so often with broad charity of the fallibility and frailty of humankind. Extend that charity to me.

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Private Division and Panache Digital Games have deployed Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey for PC on the Epic Game Store.

ANCESTORS: THE HUMANKIND ODYSSEY DEPLOYS ON PC

ENPNewswire-August 28, 2019--Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Now Available on PC