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humaneness

humaneness noun: the property of being humane.

Noun

humaneness (usually uncountable, plural humanenesses)

(usually) The property of being humane.
- So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1).
  We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.1991, A Southern African Guide to World Religions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109
Synonyms:

humanity

humaneness meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi

humaneness in Tamil

மாந்தநேயம்

humaneness in Bengali

মানবিক হওয়ার গুণ

humaneness in Malayalam

humaneness, humanity, love of mankind: മനുഷ്യപ്പറ്റ് manuṣyappaṟṟŭ

humaneness in Punjabi

humaneness, virtuousness, propriety: ਇਨਸਾਨੀਅਤ insānīat

Synonyms of humaneness

humanity

Forms of humaneness

plural	humanenesses

Origin of humaneness

From humane + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humanness.

Questions about humaneness

What does humaneness mean?: Humaneness means the property of being humane.
What is humaneness in Tamil?: Humaneness in Tamil is மாந்தநேயம். See Humaneness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is humaneness?: Humaneness is a noun.
What is the plural of humaneness?: The plural of humaneness is humanenesses.

Words near humaneness in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: humaneness (page history and authors); humaneness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humaneness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മനുഷ്യപ്പറ്റ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਇਨਸਾਨੀਅਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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