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Noun: humanity  hyoo'ma-ni-tee
  1. The quality of being humane
     
  2. The quality of being human
    "he feared the speedy decline of all humanity";
    - humanness, manhood
     
  3. All of the living human inhabitants of the earth
    - world, human race, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man

Derived forms: humanities

See also: human, nonhuman

Type of: group, grouping, homo, human, human being, humaneness, man, quality

Encyclopedia: Humanity