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humankind
[ hyoo-muhn-kahynd, -kahyndor, often, yoo- ]
noun
- human beings collectively; the human race.
humankind
/ ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd /
noun
- the human race; humanity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of humankind1
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Example Sentences
Humankind has a really bad track record with those who are regarded as “other” by the majority.
According to Genesis, when God created humanity he created “humankind in his image” and “male and female he created them.”
The state of the nation and the state of humankind may depend on it.
The outrage of a meaningless cosmos impels all of humankind to struggle against it.
“The only solidarity that is acceptable is solidarity with humankind,” one academic colleague wrote.
The sense of the desertion by humankind, by God and mercy and rationality swept through me and overwhelmed my inner self.
They do not think of humankind as being above and separate from all other creatures, but as fellow creatures in a world of life.
More than once that summer he went alone into the wilderness to find his balance and to get away entirely from humankind.
Even cubs with no possible experience of humankind are terrified by the scent of men.
With a faint sensation of gladness, Laura beheld traces of humankind.
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