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humanness

humanness noun: the condition or quality of being human.

Noun

humanness (countable and uncountable, plural humannesses)

  1. The condition or quality of being human.
    • Too often, children become an "it" in their homes and their humanness is devalued.1995, Neil Weiner, Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Shattered innocence, page 8
    • Though he had no hard data, his intuition was that increasing humanness in a robot was positive only up to a certain point.2010 November 20, “Crossing the uncanny valley”, in The Economist

Forms of humanness

pluralhumannesses

Origin of humanness

From human + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humaneness.

Questions about humanness

What does humanness mean?
Humanness means the condition or quality of being human.
What part of speech is humanness?
Humanness is a noun.
What is the plural of humanness?
The plural of humanness is humannesses.

Words near humanness in the dictionary

  1. humanly
  2. humanly challenged
  3. humanly possible
  4. humanmade
  5. humanned
  6. humanness
  7. humannesses
  8. humanning
  9. humanocentric
  10. humanocentrism
  11. humanoid

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