humankind
English
Pronunciation
/ˌhjuːmən ˈkaɪnd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnd
Noun
humankind (usually uncountable, plural humankinds)
- The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.
Usage notes
- "Mankind" is more common than "humankind", but "humanity" - which has multiple senses - is more common than both of them combined since c.1985, according to Google N-grams: mankind, humankind, humanity at Google Ngram Viewer.
Synonyms
- the human race
- mankind
- humanity
- Homo sapiens
- See also Thesaurus:humankind
Translations
mankind, humanity, human race — see mankind
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