1. (

• humanity

) the quality of being humane ;

2. (

• humanness ,
• humanity ,
• manhood

) the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" ;

3. (

• world ,
• human_race ,
• humanity ,
• humankind ,
• human_beings ,
• humans ,
• mankind ,
• man

) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" ;