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Plural of humanity

regular plural

The plural of humanity is humanities.

Forms of humanity

Singularhumanity /hjuˈmænɪti/
Pluralhumanities /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Humanities in a sentence

  • Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.From the entry waffling
  • Meanwhile, to a humanities scholar, the hyperauthorship at the scale seen in high-energy physics seems completely alien.2015 May 26, Ernesto Priego, “Long lists are eroding the value of being a scientific author”, in The Conversation, archived from the…. From the entry hyperauthorship
  • While the definition of humanities is, of necessity, fairly vague, the definition of allied arts is clearer.1968, Esther H. Paist, The allied arts in public schools, page 26. From the entry allied arts
  • He went on, “Like the term ‘Latinx,’ ‘queer’ was started by some humanities professor and slowly gathered steam.2022 October 23, Pamela Paul, “Let’s Say Gay”, in The New York Times. From the entry gather steam
  • The volume brings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanities.2016, Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth, editors, A New Companion to Digital Humanities, →ISBN. From the entry digital humanities

Meaning of humanity

  1. noun Humankind; human beings as a group.
  2. noun The human condition or nature.
  3. noun The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

Full definition of humanity

Questions about the plural of humanity

What is the plural of humanity?
The plural of humanity is humanities.
Is humanity countable?
Humanity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: humanity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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