Phrase guide

human condition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • British, Southern, Standard: /hjʉwmənkənˈdɪʃən/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /hjʉwməŋkənˈdɪʃən/
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

What it means to be human; the experiences, characteristics, and limitations of life shared by all humans, as opposed to other lifeforms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: usually preceded by the

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: condició humana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人類條件 /人类条件 (rénlèi tiáojiàn) — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人性 (rénxìng) — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Danish: conditio humana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Finnish: ihmisyys — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • French: condition humaine — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • German: Conditio humana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Italian: condizione umana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Portuguese: condição humana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Russian: человече́ская ситуа́ция (čelovečéskaja situácija) — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Russian: челове́ческое усло́вие (čelovéčeskoje uslóvije) — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Serbo-Croatian: ljudska situacija — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience
  • Spanish: condición humana — characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience