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humanation

humanation noun: the fact or process of becoming human.

Noun

humanation (plural humanations)

  1. (rare) The fact or process of becoming human.
    • In sixteenth-century England the Protestant Church dropped the word ‘humanation’, but the German version, Menschwerdung, survived in Lutheran ‘wound mysticism’.2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 33

Forms of humanation

pluralhumanations

Origin of humanation

From humanate + -ion or human + -ation.

Questions about humanation

What does humanation mean?
Humanation means the fact or process of becoming human.
What part of speech is humanation?
Humanation is a noun.
What is the plural of humanation?
The plural of humanation is humanations.

Words near humanation in the dictionary

  1. human-readable
  2. human-rightism
  3. human-rightist
  4. human-rightists
  5. humanate
  6. humanation
  7. humanations
  8. humanburger
  9. humanburgers
  10. humancentric
  11. humancentrism

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