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 orquality of beinghuman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being human
Etymologies
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Examples
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Technology that fails to work or cooperate, or mocks one's humanness, is hard for me to take.
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Technology that fails to work or cooperate, or mocks one's humanness, is hard for me to take.
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Their motives are being questioned, and their humanness is being put on trial in the court of public opinion.
Iyanla Vanzant: How Spiritual Leaders Get Through What They're Going Through: Lie or Leave Iyanla Vanzant 2010
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Stereotyping seems to me to have real-world uses, but our civility -- our "humanness" -- allows us to move past such things as race in day to day operations.
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After all, you are a human being, and your humanness is a quintessential part of who you are.
Dr. Judith Rich: Learning to Thrive in Uncertainty Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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After all, you are a human being, and your humanness is a quintessential part of who you are.
Dr. Judith Rich: Learning to Thrive in Uncertainty Dr. Judith Rich 2011
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What this says to me is that our humanness is a special part of creation, but that we ruin our uniqueness when we cut ourselves off from nature.
Pythia Peay: Do Our Pets Go to Heaven? Metaphysics of Animal Souls and The Afterlife 2010
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What this says to me is that our humanness is a special part of creation, but that we ruin our uniqueness when we cut ourselves off from nature.
Pythia Peay: Do Our Pets Go to Heaven? Metaphysics of Animal Souls and The Afterlife 2010
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What this says to me is that our humanness is a special part of creation, but that we ruin our uniqueness when we cut ourselves off from nature.
Pythia Peay: Do Our Pets Go to Heaven? Metaphysics of Animal Souls and The Afterlife 2010
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What this says to me is that our humanness is a special part of creation, but that we ruin our uniqueness when we cut ourselves off from nature.
Pythia Peay: Do Our Pets Go to Heaven? Metaphysics of Animal Souls and The Afterlife 2010
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