What does mankind mean?
Definitions for mankind
ˈmænˈkaɪnd for 1 ; ˈmænˌkaɪnd for 2mankind
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Princeton's WordNet
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
mankindnoun
The human race in its entirety.
mankindnoun
All male men as opposed to all women.
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 Dictionary
Mankindnoun
Etymology: man and kind.
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.A mankind witch! hence with her, out o’ door:
A most intelligency bawd! William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Mankindnoun
the human race; man, taken collectively
Mankindnoun
men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race
Mankindnoun
human feelings; humanity
Mankindadjective
manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel
Etymology: [AS. mancynn. See Kin kindred, Kind, n.]
Wikidata
Mankind
Mankind is the debut album by the American nu metal band Factory 81. It is to date the bands only album.
The Roycroft Dictionary
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mankind in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mankind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of mankind in a Sentence
Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising or by sheer assumption, have the power to do as they think best without consulting the wisdom of mankind.
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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- mensdomAfrikaans
- الجنس البشري, بشريةArabic
- bəşər, bəşəriyyətAzerbaijani
- чалаве́цтваBelarusian
- чове́чествоBulgarian
- মানবজাতিBengali
- lidstvoCzech
- menneskehedDanish
- Männer, MenschheitGerman
- ανθρωπότηταGreek
- homaroEsperanto
- humanidadSpanish
- inimkondEstonian
- بشریت, بشرPersian
- ihmiskunta, miehetFinnish
- humanitéFrench
- mac an duineScottish Gaelic
- मानवताHindi
- férfiak, emberiségHungarian
- մարդկություն, տղամարդիկArmenian
- mannkynIcelandic
- umanitàItalian
- 人類Japanese
- კაცობრიობა, ადამიანიGeorgian
- адамзатKazakh
- មនុស្សជាតិKhmer
- 인류Korean
- адамзат, адам баласыKyrgyz
- hūmānitāsLatin
- ມະນຸດຊາດLao
- žmonijaLithuanian
- cilvēceLatvian
- hunga tāngataMāori
- чо́вештвоMacedonian
- хүн төрөлхтөнMongolian
- လူသားတို့အမျိုးBurmese
- menneskehetNorwegian
- mensheidDutch
- dinéNavajo, Navaho
- ludzkość, rodzaj ludzkiPolish
- humanidadePortuguese
- omenireRomanian
- род людско́й, челове́чествоRussian
- čovečànstvo, човеча̀нство, људство, ljudstvo, čovječànstvo, мушкиње, човјеча̀нствоSerbo-Croatian
- ľudstvoSlovak
- človeštvoSlovene
- njerëzimAlbanian
- mänsklighetSwedish
- மனித குலத்தின்Tamil
- банибашар, башариятTajik
- มนุษยชาติThai
- adamzatTurkmen
- insan, âdemoğlu, insanoğluTurkish
- лю́дствоUkrainian
- insoniyatUzbek
- loài người, nam giới, đàn ôngVietnamese
- מענטשהייטYiddish
- 人類Chinese
- isintu, isilisaZulu
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