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humanity
English
Etymology
From Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin h?m?nit?s (“human nature, humanity, also humane conduct”), from h?m?nus (“human, humane”); see human, humane.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /hju?mæn?ti/, [hju?mæn??i]
Noun
humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)
- Mankind; human beings as a group.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:humankind
- The human condition or nature.
- The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!”
- Synonym: humaneness
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Derived terms
- humanitarian
- humanitarianism
Related terms
- humanities
- humane
Translations
Further reading
- humanity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- humanity at 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.
- humanity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- humanity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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tenderness
English
Etymology
tender +? -ness
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?n.d?.n?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?n.d?.n?s/
- Hyphenation: ten?der?ness
Noun
tenderness (countable and uncountable, plural tendernesses)
- a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
- When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette
- I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.
- concern for the feelings or welfare of others
- When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
- He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
Translations
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