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humanliness

humanliness noun: the quality of being human; humanity.

Noun

humanliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being human; humanity.
    • Both womanliness and manliness are variants of the Victorian, gender-neutral concept of humanliness, or, more specifically, Christian humanliness.2013, Richard Phillips, Mapping Men and Empire: Geographies of Adventure, page 103

Origin of humanliness

From humanly + -ness.

Questions about humanliness

What does humanliness mean?
Humanliness means the quality of being human; humanity.
What part of speech is humanliness?
Humanliness is a noun.

Words near humanliness in the dictionary

  1. humankinds
  2. humanless
  3. humanlessness
  4. humanlike
  5. humanlikeness
  6. humanliness
  7. humanly
  8. humanly challenged
  9. humanly possible
  10. humanmade
  11. humanned

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