Synonyms for humanness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hyoo-muh n or, often, yoo‐

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhyu mən or, often, ˈyu‐

Définition of humanness

Origin : mid-15c., humain, humaigne, from Old French humain, umain (adj.) "of or belonging to man" (12c.), from Latin humanus "of man, human," also "humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized," probably related to homo (genitive hominis) "man" (see homunculus) and to humus "earth," on notion of "earthly beings," as opposed to the gods (cf. Hebrew adam "man," from adamah "ground"). Cognate with Old Lithuanian zmuo (accusative zmuni) "man, male person."
As a noun, from 1530s. Its Old English cognate guma (from Proto-Germanic *guman-) survives only in disguise in bridegroom. Related: Humanness. Human rights attested by 1680s; human being by 1690s. Human relations is from 1916; human resources attested by 1907, American English, apparently originally among social Christians and drawn from natural resources.

As in humanity : noun human race

Example sentences :

It is the scene that brings the humanness of the great tragedy most closely home to us.
Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome

He was too wildly incomprehensible with his changes from humanness to folly.
Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Time must be devoted to knowing and experiencing our humanness.
Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin

There is certainly depth and mystery; but there is humanness and tenderness as well.
Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham

The rarest thing in the world, I find, is the quality of humanness.
Extract from : « The Story of Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

They are peculiarly of my mind, my humanness, and they are useful therein.
Extract from : « The Story of Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

But the lyric poetry is the true luminous and bloody interpreting of humanness.
Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

And a fascination in it tempers my humanness with an evil-feeling power.
Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

He is distinctly and excessively male, at the expense of his humanness.
Extract from : « Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

He was inclined to like her better for what he would have called her humanness.
Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

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