Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being human; humanity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being human.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The condition or quality of being human.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being human

Etymologies

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From human +‎ -ness.

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