Humankind

Hu′man-kindˊ

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Noun.

Mankind.

Pope.

Humankind

HU'MANKIND

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Noun.

The race of man; mankind; the human species.

humankind

English

Noun

humankind ‎(usually uncountable, plural humankinds)

The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.

Usage notes

Considered politically correct; as a gender-neutral substitution, Google N-grams finds "humanity" more common then "mankind" and "humankind" combined, with "mankind" still being more common than "humankind".

Synonyms

human race
mankind
humanity
Homo sapiens
See also Wikisaurus:humankind

Translations

the human race

Belarusian: чалаве́цтва n ‎(čalavjéctva)
Bulgarian: чове́чество n ‎(čovéčestvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人類 (zh), 人类 (zh) ‎(rénlèi)
Czech: lidstvo (cs) n
Dutch: mensheid (nl) f, mensdom n
Finnish: ihmiskunta (fi)
French: humanité (fr) f, genre humain (fr)
German: Menschheit (de) f
Hindi: मानवता (hi) f ‎(mānavtā)
Japanese: 人類 (ja) ‎(jinrui)
Korean: 인류 (ko) ‎(illyu)

Latvian: cilvēce (lv) f
Macedonian: чо́вештво n ‎(čóveštvo)
Portuguese: humanidade (pt) f
Russian: челове́чество (ru) n ‎(čelovéčestvo)
Slovak: ľudstvo n
Slovene: človeštvo (sl) n
Spanish: humanidad (es) f, género humano f, raza humana f
Swedish: människosläkt c, mänsklighet (sv) c (used only in the definite form)
Telugu: నరులు (te) ‎(narulu)
Turkish: kişioğlu (tr)
Ukrainian: лю́дство n ‎(ljúdstvo)
Vietnamese: loài người (vi), nhân loại (vi)
Zulu: isintu (zu) class 7/8

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Webster 1913 Edition

Humankind

Hu′man-kindˊ

Webster 1828 Edition

Humankind

HU'MANKIND

Definition 2024

humankind

humankind

English

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