Word Meaning

Meaning of humanity

- The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
- Mankind collectively; the human race.
- The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.
- Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
- The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.