humankind

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈhjumənˌkaɪnd/ UK /ˈhjuːmənˌkaɪnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
human beings considered collectively; the human race

The discovery promised a brighter future for all humankind.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · human beings considered... humanity mankind man people civilization humans

Word family

Related forms human kind mankind

Etymology

A compound of human (from Latin humanus, from homo, 'human being') + kind (Old English cynd, 'race, nature'), formed as a gender-neutral alternative to mankind.

humanus Latin cynd Old English

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# humankind

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhjumənˌkaɪnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhjuːmənˌkaɪnd/

## Meanings
1. human beings considered collectively; the human race

## Examples
- The discovery promised a brighter future for all humankind.

## Synonyms
- humanity
- mankind
- man
- people
- civilization
- humans

## Related Forms
- human
- kind
- mankind

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: humanus
- Root: cynd

## Etymology
A compound of human (from Latin humanus, from homo, 'human being') + kind (Old English cynd, 'race, nature'), formed as a gender-neutral alternative to mankind.

## AI Etymology
humankind is a compound of human (from Latin humanus, from homo, 'human being') + kind (Old English cynd, 'race, nature'), formed as a gender-neutral alternative to mankind. Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the noun sense is "human beings considered collectively; the human race", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as human, kind, and mankind. Its semantic neighborhood includes humanity, mankind, man, and people, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin humanus and Old English cynd.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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