human destiny
Where humanity heads
Human destiny is the ultimate fate or purpose of humanity as a whole—where the species is headed or what it was meant to achieve.
The phrase carries philosophical or religious weight, implying that human existence has direction or meaning beyond random chance: Some believe human destiny lies among the stars.
It appears in discussions of evolution, divine providence, technological progress, or existential threat: Climate change will determine human destiny.
- fatePredetermined course of events
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- existenceState of being real
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
hope · civilization · path · transcendence · legacy · teleology · karma · mortality · existentialism · salvation · birth · species survival · next generation · prophecy · end times · singularity · chosen · soul searching