mankind
/mænˈkaɪnd/
mankind noun: the human race in its entirety.
Noun
mankind (uncountable)
- The human race in its entirety.
- One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.
- The examples of all ages shew us that mankind in general desire power only to do harm, and, when they obtain it, use it for no other purpose.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
- Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 18:22
- “[...] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- humankind
- Human feelings; humanity.
- And they are two strong ties upon mankind. Justice is the virtue that innocence rejoiċeth in1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
Proper noun capitalized: Mankind
Mankind
mankind meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mankind in Hindi
- human race
- मानवता mānavtā, आदमज़ाद ādamzād, मानवजाति mānavjāti, बशर baśar
mankind in Tamil
- மாந்த இனம், மனித குலம்
mankind in Marathi
- mankind, humanity
- मानव mānav
mankind in Urdu
- human race
- آدَم زاد ādam zād, بَشَرِیَت baśariyat, آدْمِیَت ādmiyat, اِنْسانِیَت insāniyat, بَشَر baśar
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- mankind in Bengali
- মানবজাতি manôbjati
- mankind in Telugu
- నరులు narulu
- mankind in Malayalam
- നാരം nāraṁ
- mankind in Kannada
- ಜನ jana
- mankind in Punjabi
- ਜਹਾਨ jahān
- mankind in Gujarati
- આદમજાત ādamjāt, માણસજાત māṇasjāt, મનુષ્યજાતિ manuṣyajāti
- mankind in Sanskrit
- मानुष्यक mānuṣyaka
- mankind in Nepali
- मानव mānav
- mankind in Pashto
- بشريت bašaryát, انسانيت ensānyát
- mankind in Tagalog
- sangkatauhan
- mankind in Arabic
- بَشَرِيَّة bašariyya, الْجِنْس الْبَشَرِيّ al-jins al-bašariyy, إِنْس ʔins, إِنْسَانِيَّة ʔinsāniyya
- mankind in Malay
- manusia, insan, bashar, umat
- mankind in Thai
- มนุษยชาติ má-nút-sà-yá-châat
- mankind in Vietnamese
- loài người, nhân loại, đàn ông, nam giới
- mankind in Myanmar
- လူသားတို့အမျိုး lusa:tui.a.myui:, လူသား lusa:
Examples of mankind in a sentence
- But at last mankind, through their own folly, deprived themselves of the favour and kindness of the Dwarfs; they fled the country, and since that time no mortal eye has seen them.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 95:
- Malone's hot blood flushed to his head as he thought of this trifler, this insect, coming between mankind and a message of instruction and consolation descending from above.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
- More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
Synonyms of mankind
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Origin of mankind
From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.
From mankind, man + -kind, translated from Arabic.
Words formed from mankind
Phrases with mankind
Words that rhyme with mankind
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- aligned
- chined
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- humankind
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- remind
- resigned
- rined
- shined
- twined
Questions about mankind
- What does mankind mean?
- Mankind means the human race in its entirety.
- What is mankind in Hindi?
- Mankind in Hindi is मानवता (mānavtā), आदमज़ाद (ādamzād), मानवजाति (mānavjāti). See Mankind meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use mankind in a sentence?
- But at last mankind, through their own folly, deprived themselves of the favour and kindness of the Dwarfs; they fled the country, and since that time no mortal eye has seen them.
- What part of speech is mankind?
- Mankind can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mankind?
- Mankind is pronounced /mænˈkaɪnd/.
Words near mankind in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mankind (page history and authors); Mankind (page history and authors); mankind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मानव (Marathi) (page history and authors); നാരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಜನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਜਹਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); मानव (Nepali) (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.
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