Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - humanity
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(humanities) 1. All the people in the world can be referred to as humanity. They face charges of committing crimes against humanity. N-UNCOUNT 2. A person’s humanity is their state of being a human being, rather than an animal or an object. (FORMAL) ...a man who’s almost lost his humanity in his bitter hatred of his rivals. N-UNCOUNT: with poss 3. Humanity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and sympathetic towards others. Her speech showed great maturity and humanity. N-UNCOUNT 4. The humanities are the subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature which are concerned with human ideas and behaviour. ...students majoring in the humanities. N-PLURAL: oft the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being humane 2. a. the quality or state of being human b. plural human attributes or qualities his work has the ripeness of the 18th century, and its rough humanities — Pamela H. Johnson 3. plural the branches of learning (as philosophy, arts, or languages) that investigate human constructs and concerns as opposed to natural processes (as in physics or chemistry) and social relations (as in anthropology or economics) 4. the human race ; the totality of human beings ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a the human race. b human beings collectively. c the fact or condition of being human. 2 humaneness, benevolence. 3 (in pl.) human attributes. 4 (in pl.) learning or literature concerned with human culture, esp. the study of Latin and Greek literature and philosophy. Etymology: ME f. OF humanit{eacute} f. L humanitas -tatis (as HUMAN) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. человечество; род людской 2. разг. масса людей, толпа, народ the theatre poured out its humanity —- из театра валила толпа 3. гуманность, человечность, человеколюбие; гуманизм act of humanity —- гуманный поступок to treat a prisoner with humanity —- гуманно обращаться с заключенным a crime against humanity —- преступление против человечности 4. гуманные действия 5. человеческая природа; человеческие качества 6. классические языки и литература 7. гуманитарные науки 8. шотл. изучение латыни Chair of H. —- кафедра латинского языка и литературы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) человечество 2) человеческая природа 3) человеколюбие, гуманность, человечность 4) людская масса, толпа 5) (the humanities) гуманитарные науки 6) (the humanities) классические языки; классическая литература Syn: see mankind ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1384, from O.Fr. humanitй, from L. humanitatem (nom. humanitas) "human nature, humanity," from humanus (see human). Originally in Eng. "kindness, graciousness;" sense of "human race" first recorded c.1450. Humanities (L. literж humaniores) were those branches of literature (ancient classics, rhetoric, poetry) which tended to humanize or refine. Humanitarian is first used 1844 in modern sense and was originally disparaging, with a suggestion of excess. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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