English Online Dictionary. What means humanity? What does humanity mean?
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /hjuˈmænɪti/, [hjuˈmænɪɾi]
Noun
humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)
- (uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:humankind
- (uncountable) The human condition or nature.
- (uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- Synonym: humaneness
- (countable) Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Derived terms
- crime against humanity/criminal against humanity
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
Related terms
- humanities
- humane
Translations
Further reading
- “humanity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- humanity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "humanity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 148.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “humanity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “humanity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.