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Definitions for: Humanity
[n] the quality of being humane
[n] the quality of being human
[n] all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"
Webster (1913) Definition: Hu*man"i*ty, n.; pl. Humanities. [L. humanitas: cf.
F. humanit['e]. See Human.]
1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by
which he is distinguished from other beings.
2. Mankind collectively; the human race.
But hearing oftentimes The still, and music
humanity. --Wordsworth.
It is a debt we owe to humanity. --S. S. Smith.
3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings,
dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a
disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and
to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. ``The
common offices of humanity and friendship.'' --Locke.
4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in
classical and polite literature.
Polished with humanity and the study of witty
science. --Holland.
5. pl. (With definite article) The branches of polite or
elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the
ancient classics; belles-letters.
Note: The cultivation of the languages, literature, history,
and arch[ae]ology of Greece and Rome, were very
commonly called liter[ae] humaniores, or, in English,
the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the
liter[ae] divin[ae], or divinity. --G. P. Marsh.
Synonyms: human beings, human race, humankind, humanness, humans, man, mankind, world
See Also: group, grouping, humaneness, people, quality
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