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Humanness

The quality or state of being human.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Derivationally related 2

Human 74% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Human 74% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Human 66% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

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Human 66% connected

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human sha…

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Synonym 2

Humanity 92% connected

The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manhood 92% connected

The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman.

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Anthropomorphism noun · 78% connection

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

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Anthropomorphist noun · 78% connection

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

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Anthropomorphite noun · 78% connection

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…

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Back noun · 78% connection

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body…

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Brute noun · 78% connection

An animal destitute of human reason; any animal not human; esp. a quadruped; a beast.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: human.
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Calf bone noun · 78% connection

the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

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Cannibal noun · 78% connection

A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

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Carnivorousness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being an animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.; "The too obvious fact that a large portion of animals are…

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Clay noun · 78% connection

Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

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Clinical test noun · 78% connection

a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted un…

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Cynical adjective · 78% connection

Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which ar…

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Demographic noun · 78% connection

a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.)

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Ear lobe noun · 78% connection

the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear

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