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The fundamental set of qualities, and the range of behaviour, shared by (or believed by many to be shared by) all humans; the probabilities about thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are typical among most humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Some philosophers argue that there is fundamentally no such thing as human nature, but many people reject this thought for practical purposes because by human nature they merely mean predictable likelihoods about how humans can often be expected to think, feel, and behave.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a great observer of human nature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attribute
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
人性
(rénxìng)
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Ngazidja Comorian:
uɓinadamu
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Dutch:
mensenaard
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Finnish:
ihmisluonto
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Finnish:
ihmisluonne
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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French:
nature humaine
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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German:
Menschennatur
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Hebrew:
טבע האדם
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Italian:
natura umana
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Latvian:
cilvēka daba
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Old English:
mennesc ġecynd
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Portuguese:
natureza humana
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Russian:
приро́да челове́ка
(priróda čelovéka)
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Spanish:
naturaleza humana
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Swedish:
människonatur
— set of qualities shared by all humans
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Volapük:
menanatäl
— set of qualities shared by all humans
