Definitions for mankind
ˈmænˈkaɪnd for 1 ; ˈmænˌkaɪnd for 2mankind

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mankindnoun

   The human race in its entirety.

2. mankindnoun

   All male men as opposed to all women.

3. Etymology: From mankinde, mankende, mankunde, mankuinde, alteration (due to kinde, kunde) of earlier mankin, mankun, mancun, from mancynn; equivalent to, and/or. Cognate with mankind, mankünne, mandkøn, mankön, mannkyn. See also mankin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mankindnoun

   Etymology: man and kind.

   1. The race or species of human beings.

   Plato witnesseth, that soon after mankind began to increase, they built many cities. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

   All mankind alike require their grace,
   All born to want; a miserable race. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. Resembling man not woman in form or nature.

   A mankind witch! hence with her, out o’ door:
   A most intelligency bawd! William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

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1. mankind

   Mankind is a term used to refer to all human beings collectively, regardless of their sex or age. It is a term often used to express the concept of the human race as a whole, referring to shared qualities, characteristics, and experiences that define the human condition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mankindnoun

   the human race; man, taken collectively

2. Mankindnoun

   men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race

3. Mankindnoun

   human feelings; humanity

4. Mankindadjective

   manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel

5. Etymology: [AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind, n.]

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1. Mankind

   Mankind is the debut album by the American nu metal band Factory 81. It is to date the bands only album.

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. mankind

   1. A nomadic savage that has wandered over the face of the earth from East to West in order to reach the East so it could go West again. It has left many traces of its life--barrooms, brothels, jails, churches, gallows, best sellers, etc. 2. In the animal kingdom, a surreptitious and supposititious supererogation. 3. Among the Simians a place equivalent to our hell. "Oh, you go to Mankind," is quite frequently heard in the African jungle, even in the best society.

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1. mankind

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How to pronounce mankind?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say mankind in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mankind in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mankind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of mankind in a Sentence

1. Tapas Paul:

   This big-time climate migration is looming on the horizon, if all the people of the Sundarbans have to migrate, this would be the largest-ever migration in the history of mankind.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.

3. Joseph Conrad, Nostromo:

   There is no credulity so eager and blind as the credulity of covetness, which, in its universal extent, measures the moral misery and the intellectual destitution of mankind.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

5. Baha'u'llah:

   It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mankind
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mankind
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mankind
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mankind
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mankind
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=mankind