单词 | humanity |
释义 | humanity (once / 149 pages) 1n 2n Humanity is the human race, which includes everyone on Earth. It’s also a word for the qualities that make us human, such as the ability to love and have compassion, be creative, and not be a robot or alien. The word humanity is from the Latin humanitas for "human nature, kindness.” Humanity includes all the humans, but it can also refer to the kind feelings humans often have for each other. Awww. But when you talk about humanity, you could just be talking about people as a whole. When people do bad things, it tests your faith in humanity. When people ask for money to help feed starving children, they're appealing to your sense of humanity. WORD FAMILYhumanity: humanitarian, humanities+/dehumanise: dehumanisation, dehumanised, dehumanising/dehumanize: dehumanization, dehumanized, dehumanizes, dehumanizing/human: humanise, humanism, humanity, humanize, humanlike, humanly, humanness, humans, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman, unhuman/humanise: dehumanise, humanisation, humanised, humanises, humanising/humanism: humanist, humanistic/humanist: humanists/humanistic: humanistically/humanitarian: humanitarianism, humanitarians/humanize: dehumanize, humanization, humanized, humanizes, humanizing/inhuman: inhumanity, inhumanly/inhumanity: inhumanities/superhuman: superhumanly/unhuman: unhumanly USAGE EXAMPLES“Arrival” handles that grief differently, ultimately arguing that there is a humanity in sadness. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But then the singer, surrounded by dancers and a sea of humanity, appeared flustered and complained of technical difficulties. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) Emergencies and bad news tend to command our attention, so it’s easy to miss humanity’s remarkable ability to improve its own lot. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n all of the living human inhabitants of the earth Syn|Hyper human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit homo, human, human being, manany living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage 2n the quality of being human 2Syn|Hyper humanness, manhood quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone n the quality of being humane Hyper humaneness the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals) |
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