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Definition of humanity in English: humanitynoun hjʊˈmanɪti(h)juˈmænədi mass noun1Human beings collectively. 总称人；人类 appalling crimes against humanity 骇人听闻的反人类罪。 Example sentencesExamples - Nevertheless one cannot help but be stunned not only by the wonder of the universe but by how humanity has come to understand it.
- We may have obligations to all humanity but we have a much more special relationship with fellow citizens.
- So, why is it that the organs which we use to procreate humanity are considered improper to expose to others?
- It is time to put petty partisan politics aside, and unite for the common good of humanity.
- Serving humanity through compassion and serving humanity through compulsion are two different things.
- It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
- The day that we lose compassion for our fellow human beings will be a sad day indeed for humanity.
- Those charges were expected to include war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
- We believe it is the duty of everyone who cares about humanity to stand up and build the resistance to this barbarous war.
- A new historical era has begun and its outcome will determine the fate of humanity for decades to come.
- That is the sort of behaviour that gets humanity into trouble, time and time again.
- Is there any evidence that either of these men were actually complicit in crimes against humanity?
- Some thirty thousand years ago, at the time considered the dawn of humanity, five races were dominant.
- Combining astrology with psychology is one way we can help our clients and another way for us to better understand humanity.
- She has charged the former general with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.
- I hope that most of humanity will someday understand, but that is not who I'm talking to right now.
- He considered it central to the adaptation of modern humanity to changing social realities.
- What were once considered acts of war can now be deemed crimes against humanity.
- Many today question the ability of humanity to deal with the problems that arise as part of the industrial process.
- If the tape is as described, this seems a clear case of a crime against humanity.
Synonyms humankind, the human race, the human species, mankind, man, people, mortals Latin Homo sapiens - 1.1 The state of being human.
our differences matter but our common humanity matters more Example sentencesExamples - This catastrophe has at least had the holistic consequence of making us aware of our common humanity.
- One of the historian's tasks, in contrast, is to honour the individuality and humanity of people in the past.
- Bishop Spong believes the one thing all people of all races and all religions have in common, is humanity.
- Helping Africa get on it feet is in our interest from the perspective of our common humanity.
- As men and women, we can never do too much to assert our common humanity across color lines.
- Without trust there can be no shared morality or, for that matter, shared humanity.
- It is there, in birth, in sickness, in recovery, and ultimately in death that we can all find our common humanity.
- What is clear is that he attempts to look beneath weirdness to find the common thread of humanity between him and his subject.
- Laughter can be a spark that bridges the culture gap and reminds us of our common humanity.
- The walking dead have been stripped of their humanity, and though animated they have lost their sense of self.
- Good can only be accomplished by reaching out in compassion for our common humanity.
- Apart from anything else, it was felt to be a way of sharing a common humanity.
Synonyms human nature, humanness, mortality, flesh and blood
2The quality of being humane; benevolence. he praised them for their standards of humanity and care 他对他们的仁慈、关爱和尊严标准大加赞赏。 Example sentencesExamples - It's a good story, told with humor, humanity, and compassion.
- Yet its gentleness and humanity do not preclude a mule-kick of emotional power.
- Nor were they constrained by considerations of humanity or morality.
- The tone in my voice, devoid of all compassion or even humanity, was much more frightening than my words.
- When it comes to compassion and humanity, everyone I talk to is furious over such behaviour.
- Here's hoping that the Year of Horse will be a year of compassion, humanity and truthfulness.
- Many doctors start off caring and being in touch with their essential humanity at the outset of their training or career.
- Compassion and a show of humanity is not weakness, nor is showing concern for a group of people other than ourselves.
- Hale was remarkable for his scholarship and for his personal qualities of integrity and humanity.
- Their lack of humanity, of compassion, of love, mars their very existence.
- Can they not show some humanity and understanding and allow the people for whom this seems to work to use it?
- We are grateful for the tolerance and humanity of the court panel as the trial unfolded.
- And in Britain, at least, the tests are conducted with humanity and only when there is a benefit in sight.
- Perhaps this explained something of the compassion she had for her patients and her sheer humanity.
- Doing it all with a gentleness and humanity that does not deserve criticism.
- Vera also cares for her elderly mother, and supports her frail neighbours with an air of compassion and humanity.
- With just a look or a gesture that spoke so much more than words, she would reveal to all of us the depth of her compassion and her humanity.
- Her nobility, humanity, and loyalty won her wide esteem and sympathy.
- From romance to misery via joyful polka, Morris crams this gentle work with humanity.
- His worst crime was his refusal to show compassion and humanity to his flawed creation.
Synonyms compassion, brotherly love, fellow feeling, humaneness, kindness, kind-heartedness, consideration, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, goodness, good-heartedness, gentleness, leniency, mercy, mercifulness, pity, tenderness, benevolence, charity, generosity, magnanimity 3humanitiesLearning concerned with human culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy. 人文学科（尤指文学、历史、艺术、音乐和哲学） Example sentencesExamples - What value is the humanities to natural history, or natural history to the humanities?
- At the same time, courses in business studies and the humanities are oversubscribed.
- My initial objective of law as well as my interests at the time led me to a curriculum that was heavily weighted in the humanities especially history.
- She was a warm person, I found out she was into arts, music, literature and humanities.
- Less easy to state was a possible solution, given both the vast complexity of modern science and the fragmentation of the humanities.
- This goes to illustrate the academic standards for humanities and social sciences in the past half century.
- Art is a key to understanding the humanities, the sciences, history and the world.
- Upon further inquiries, I was told that humanities combines the study of geography and history.
- The program could be adapted for use at the high school level for classes in humanities and history.
- The buildings at the college include a new drama studio, new classrooms for teaching English and the humanities and a new courtyard.
- We've had people give us scholarships aimed specifically at the social sciences and humanities.
- Within the humanities, literature is the domain in which beauty is allied to truth.
- I had an interesting conversation last night comparing this with the humanities.
- An educated person would be expected to be well versed in both natural science and the humanities.
- In contrast, applicants for humanities, medicine, arts and sports are ever increasing.
- Thus there may be a revival in the humanities, having a favourable effect on Australia's cultural level.
- Casual employment has been the curse of young scholars working in the humanities.
- Remember that media people are usually educated in the humanities, not in science.
- Mornings focus on literacy and numeracy, while afternoons are spent on humanities, science and sport.
- Many of us hold the belief that the true value of an education in the humanities can be measured by the anecdotes it yields over dinner.
Synonyms liberal arts, arts, literature classics, classical studies, classical languages, classical literature Latin literae humaniores
OriginMiddle English: from Old French humanite, from Latin humanitas, from humanus (see human). RhymesChristianity, inanity, profanity, sanity, urbanity, vanity Definition of humanity in US English: humanitynoun(h)juˈmænədi(h)yo͞oˈmanədē 1The human race; human beings collectively. 总称人；人类 appalling crimes against humanity 骇人听闻的反人类罪。 Example sentencesExamples - If the tape is as described, this seems a clear case of a crime against humanity.
- Some thirty thousand years ago, at the time considered the dawn of humanity, five races were dominant.
- Is there any evidence that either of these men were actually complicit in crimes against humanity?
- We believe it is the duty of everyone who cares about humanity to stand up and build the resistance to this barbarous war.
- Those charges were expected to include war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
- So, why is it that the organs which we use to procreate humanity are considered improper to expose to others?
- I hope that most of humanity will someday understand, but that is not who I'm talking to right now.
- She has charged the former general with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.
- It is time to put petty partisan politics aside, and unite for the common good of humanity.
- Combining astrology with psychology is one way we can help our clients and another way for us to better understand humanity.
- That is the sort of behaviour that gets humanity into trouble, time and time again.
- We may have obligations to all humanity but we have a much more special relationship with fellow citizens.
- He considered it central to the adaptation of modern humanity to changing social realities.
- What were once considered acts of war can now be deemed crimes against humanity.
- Serving humanity through compassion and serving humanity through compulsion are two different things.
- Nevertheless one cannot help but be stunned not only by the wonder of the universe but by how humanity has come to understand it.
- A new historical era has begun and its outcome will determine the fate of humanity for decades to come.
- The day that we lose compassion for our fellow human beings will be a sad day indeed for humanity.
- It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
- Many today question the ability of humanity to deal with the problems that arise as part of the industrial process.
Synonyms humankind, the human race, the human species, mankind, man, people, mortals - 1.1 The fact or condition of being human; human nature.
人性 music is the universal language with which we can express our common humanity Example sentencesExamples - This catastrophe has at least had the holistic consequence of making us aware of our common humanity.
- Good can only be accomplished by reaching out in compassion for our common humanity.
- One of the historian's tasks, in contrast, is to honour the individuality and humanity of people in the past.
- As men and women, we can never do too much to assert our common humanity across color lines.
- Helping Africa get on it feet is in our interest from the perspective of our common humanity.
- The walking dead have been stripped of their humanity, and though animated they have lost their sense of self.
- Without trust there can be no shared morality or, for that matter, shared humanity.
- What is clear is that he attempts to look beneath weirdness to find the common thread of humanity between him and his subject.
- Laughter can be a spark that bridges the culture gap and reminds us of our common humanity.
- Apart from anything else, it was felt to be a way of sharing a common humanity.
- Bishop Spong believes the one thing all people of all races and all religions have in common, is humanity.
- It is there, in birth, in sickness, in recovery, and ultimately in death that we can all find our common humanity.
Synonyms human nature, humanness, mortality, flesh and blood
2Humaneness; benevolence. 人道；博爱；仁慈 he praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity 他对他们的仁慈、关爱和尊严标准大加赞赏。 Example sentencesExamples - Vera also cares for her elderly mother, and supports her frail neighbours with an air of compassion and humanity.
- Nor were they constrained by considerations of humanity or morality.
- Yet its gentleness and humanity do not preclude a mule-kick of emotional power.
- And in Britain, at least, the tests are conducted with humanity and only when there is a benefit in sight.
- With just a look or a gesture that spoke so much more than words, she would reveal to all of us the depth of her compassion and her humanity.
- The tone in my voice, devoid of all compassion or even humanity, was much more frightening than my words.
- Here's hoping that the Year of Horse will be a year of compassion, humanity and truthfulness.
- Hale was remarkable for his scholarship and for his personal qualities of integrity and humanity.
- Compassion and a show of humanity is not weakness, nor is showing concern for a group of people other than ourselves.
- We are grateful for the tolerance and humanity of the court panel as the trial unfolded.
- Perhaps this explained something of the compassion she had for her patients and her sheer humanity.
- It's a good story, told with humor, humanity, and compassion.
- Her nobility, humanity, and loyalty won her wide esteem and sympathy.
- From romance to misery via joyful polka, Morris crams this gentle work with humanity.
- When it comes to compassion and humanity, everyone I talk to is furious over such behaviour.
- His worst crime was his refusal to show compassion and humanity to his flawed creation.
- Their lack of humanity, of compassion, of love, mars their very existence.
- Doing it all with a gentleness and humanity that does not deserve criticism.
- Can they not show some humanity and understanding and allow the people for whom this seems to work to use it?
- Many doctors start off caring and being in touch with their essential humanity at the outset of their training or career.
Synonyms compassion, brotherly love, fellow feeling, humaneness, kindness, kind-heartedness, consideration, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, goodness, good-heartedness, gentleness, leniency, mercy, mercifulness, pity, tenderness, benevolence, charity, generosity, magnanimity 3humanitiesLearning or literature concerned with human culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy. 人文学科（尤指文学、历史、艺术、音乐和哲学） Example sentencesExamples - Mornings focus on literacy and numeracy, while afternoons are spent on humanities, science and sport.
- Thus there may be a revival in the humanities, having a favourable effect on Australia's cultural level.
- The program could be adapted for use at the high school level for classes in humanities and history.
- The buildings at the college include a new drama studio, new classrooms for teaching English and the humanities and a new courtyard.
- Art is a key to understanding the humanities, the sciences, history and the world.
- Less easy to state was a possible solution, given both the vast complexity of modern science and the fragmentation of the humanities.
- Within the humanities, literature is the domain in which beauty is allied to truth.
- In contrast, applicants for humanities, medicine, arts and sports are ever increasing.
- Upon further inquiries, I was told that humanities combines the study of geography and history.
- My initial objective of law as well as my interests at the time led me to a curriculum that was heavily weighted in the humanities especially history.
- What value is the humanities to natural history, or natural history to the humanities?
- I had an interesting conversation last night comparing this with the humanities.
- We've had people give us scholarships aimed specifically at the social sciences and humanities.
- She was a warm person, I found out she was into arts, music, literature and humanities.
- Many of us hold the belief that the true value of an education in the humanities can be measured by the anecdotes it yields over dinner.
- Remember that media people are usually educated in the humanities, not in science.
- This goes to illustrate the academic standards for humanities and social sciences in the past half century.
- Casual employment has been the curse of young scholars working in the humanities.
- At the same time, courses in business studies and the humanities are oversubscribed.
- An educated person would be expected to be well versed in both natural science and the humanities.
Synonyms liberal arts, arts, literature
OriginMiddle English: from Old French humanite, from Latin humanitas, from humanus (see human). |