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humanness

[ hyoo-muhn-nis, yoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the quality or condition of being human or characteristic of humans:
Loss of intellect, as when a person is severely brain-damaged, does not mean loss of humanness.
It’s an essay on the humanness of language—how it serves as a hallmark distinguishing humankind from other animals.
human limitation, weakness, or imperfection:
Employers need to embrace the humanness of their workforce, with all its flaws, frailty, and emotional vulnerability.
In a fitness class, the sheer humanness of feeling awkward and sweating together relaxes relationships.
sympathetic, relatable, or humane quality:
The memoir was refreshing in its honesty, vulnerability, and humanness.
Greed can drive people beyond their humanness into great cruelty and inhumanity.

First recorded in 1690–1700; human ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Through the tender humanness of her narrative Mrs. Mullins bids fair to gain a large audience for this intensely interesting work.

So long ago and longer I consciously owned an eerie quality which toppled over the edge of my humanness.

So Bella was fain to turn outward in search of nurturing matter whereon to feed her humanness.

But just let there be a smash-up or a stroke of bad luck and their shells crack and humanness just oozes out of them.

Here was a human soul that, save for the most glimmering of contacts, was beyond the humanness of me.

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