humanity

All people collectively

Humanity is humankind collectively—all human beings as a group: crimes against humanity, the future of humanity.

It also names the quality of being human, especially the compassionate aspects: showing humanity to prisoners, appeals to someone's humanity.

The humanities are academic disciplines studying human culture—literature, philosophy, history, languages—as distinct from sciences.

compassion

kindness

Considerate, caring disposition

altruism · sympathy · generosity · caring · tenderness · warmth · charity · goodwill · understanding · sensitivity

virtue

ethics

Study of right conduct

dignity · honor · decency · righteousness · justice · honesty · principles · goodness · fairness · responsibility

diversity

multiculturalism

Coexistence of diverse traditions

coexistence · cosmopolitan · differences · heterogeneity · mosaic · integration · interconnectedness · universal

species

mankind

Collective term for people

evolution · anthropology · bipedalism · ancestry · genetics · fossils · prehistoric · paleontology · sapiens · mortals

culture

civilization

Advanced organized human society

arts · society · language · rituals · beliefs · mythology · folklore · literature · philosophy · religion

progress

advancement

Forward movement or promotion

modernization · improvement · growth · science · education · discovery · technology · exploration · sustainability · achievement

Categories
Opposites
moral character

humanityinhumanity

Extreme cruelty toward others

cruelty · brutality · inhumanness · mercilessness · pitilessness

species/biological category

humanityanimality

Quality of being creature

machinery · artificial intelligence · robots · divinity · godhood

CIVILIZED vs. SAVAGE STATE

humanitybestiality

Sex with animals

barbarism · savagery · brutality · barbarity · brutishness

Phrases
Family

humanitarian, inhumanity, humanism, humanist, humanize, humanistic, humanities, humanists, dehumanize

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