humanity
/hjuˈmænɪti/ noun B1- Humankind; human beings as a group.
- The human condition or nature.
- The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- Any academic subject belonging to the humanities. · Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
Plural humanities
From the library
Some day, when the world is much older, and when mankind will be masters of all the destructive powers in nature, to serve for the general good of humanity; when mankind, as you were just saying, have discovered the secrets of death, then that death will become as sweet and voluptuous as a slumber in the arms of your beloved.”
There are as many elixirs of every kind as there are caprices and peculiarities in the physical and moral nature of humanity; and I will say further—the art of these chemists is capable with the utmost precision to accommodate and proportion the remedy and the bane to yearnings for love or desires for vengeance.”
“Poor humanity!” murmured Monte Cristo.
“Now, sir, I have but one question more to ask, and I charge you, in the name of honor, of humanity, and of religion, to answer me candidly.”
Learn humanity in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.