Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)Humankind; human beings as a group.

    Menschheit

    челове́чествоčelovéčestvo

    лю́дствоljúdstvo

    the quality of being human

  2. (uncountable)The human condition or nature.

    Humanität, Menschlichkeit

    челове́чностьčelovéčnostʹ

    лю́дяністьljúdjanistʹ

    all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

  3. (uncountable)The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

    Humanität, Menschlichkeit

    челове́чностьčelovéčnostʹ, гума́нностьgumánnostʹ

    лю́дяністьljúdjanistʹ, гума́нністьhumánnistʹ

    the quality of being humane

  4. (countable)Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.

    Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.

Examples

342 sentences
  1. War is a crime against humanity.

    ruВойна - это преступление против человечества.

    deKrieg ist ein Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit.

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  2. Nuclear weapons are a threat to all humanity.

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  3. You're the last hope for humanity.

    ruВы последняя надежда человечества.

    deIhr seid der Menschheit letzte Hoffnung.

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  4. Are we losing our humanity?

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  5. You've restored my faith in humanity.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
human beings as a group — see also mankind:
human condition:
quality of being benevolent:
Русский
By meaning 3
human beings as a group — see also mankind:
human condition:
quality of being benevolent:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
human beings as a group — see also mankind:
human condition:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, fro

Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).

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