Humanity

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1. Noun

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

2. Noun

Mankind collectively; the human race.

3. Noun

The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

4. Noun

Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

5. Noun

The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

6. Noun

the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

7. Noun

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"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment

8. Noun

the quality of being humane
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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