What does humankind mean?

Definitions for humankind
ˈhyu mənˌkaɪnd, -ˈkaɪnd; often ˈyu-hu·mankind

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, mannoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. humankindnoun

    The human race; mankind, humanity; Homo sapiens.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Humankindnoun

    The race of man; mankind.

    Etymology: human and kind.

    Blest with a taste exact, yet unconfin’d;
    A knowledge both of books and humankind. Alexander Pope.

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  1. humankind

    Humankind generally refers to all human beings collectively, regardless of their biological, cultural, or geographical differences. It is the collective term for all humans as a species, emphasizing the shared characteristics and the bond of humanity that connects all individuals around the world.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Humankindnoun

    mankind

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of humankind in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of humankind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of humankind in a Sentence

  1. Igor Ashurbeyli:

    This day will certainly be recorded in the annals of the greatest events in the history of humankind, we have thus established all branches of government. I can therefore declare with confidence that Asgardia – the first space nation of the united humankind – has been born.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Dr. King’s dream is our dream, it is the American dream, it’s the promise stitched into the fabric of our nation, etched into the hearts of our people and written into the soul of humankind, it is the dream of a world where people are judged by who they are, not how they look or where they come from.

  3. Theodore Boutrous:

    They're basically asking the court to recognize a tort that would hold (the oil companies) responsible for the way civilization and humankind have developed over the ages.

  4. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

    The basic principles of international cooperation have been ignored more often in the last decades - the principles that were hard won by humankind following the global hardships of the war, we've seen attempts to create a unipolar world.

  5. Igor Ashurbeyli:

    We have thus established all branches of government. I can therefore declare with confidence that Asgardia – the first space nation of the united humankind – has been born.

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