meaning of humanity
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.
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.
4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
5. The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.
6. the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all
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