(humanities)
1.
All the people in the world can be referred to as ~.
They face charges of committing crimes against ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A person’s ~ is their state of being a human being, rather than an animal or an object. (FORMAL)
...a man who’s almost lost his ~ in his bitter hatred of his rivals.
N-UNCOUNT: with poss
3.
Humanity is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and sympathetic towards others.
Her speech showed great maturity and ~.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
The humanities are the subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature which are concerned with human ideas and behaviour.
...students majoring in the humanities.
N-PLURAL: oft the N