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humanness

noun · 2 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.

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 M AH0 N N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition or quality of being human.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being human

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he feared the speedy decline of all manhood

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: humanity, manhood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quality

History

Etymology

From human + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humaneness.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek) — quality of being human
  • German: Menschlichkeit — quality of being human
  • Greek: ανθρωπινότητα (anthropinótita) — quality of being human
  • Hungarian: emberség — quality of being human
  • Italian: umanità — quality of being human
  • Latvian: cilvēciskums — quality of being human
  • Polish: człowieczeństwo — quality of being human