# humanity

Pronunciation: say "hyoo-MAN-i-tee" /hjuˈmænɪti/

## Noun

1. The human race as a whole; all people considered together as a single group.
   - Simple: All the people in the world, thought of as one big group.
   - _Advances in medicine have benefited all of humanity._
   - _The mission was described as a giant leap for humanity._
2. The quality of being kind, compassionate, and sympathetic toward others.
   - Simple: Kindness and care shown toward other people and living things.
   - _The nurse treated every patient with warmth and humanity._
   - _His humanity showed in the way he forgave even his rivals._
3. The condition or nature shared by all people simply by being human.
   - Simple: The shared nature and feelings that come with being a person.
   - _Great literature explores the joys and struggles of our common humanity._
   - _The philosopher wrote about humanity and our endless search for meaning._
4. Any one of the academic subjects that make up the humanities, such as history, literature, or philosophy.
   - Simple: A subject like history or literature that you study at school or college.
   - _History is usually counted as a humanity rather than a natural science._
   - _Funding for the humanities has declined at many universities._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English humanyte (also humanite, humanitye), analyzable as 'human' or 'humane' plus the suffix '-ity'. It partly displaced 'mankind', from Old English mancynn, literally 'human race'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/humanity (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).