noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
essential
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His essential humanity had always shone through.
great
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And as that great movement of humanity had slowed, another had begun.
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We are all links in the great chain of humanity .
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Furthermore, he does not feel that he has performed a great service to humanity .
true
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And it would be a picture of his true warm humanity that would bring the money in for the project.
■ VERB
lose
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In our desire to become the architects of our own evolution, we risk the very real possibility of losing our humanity .
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Owing to such nice folk, warm and kindly, I have never lost my faith in humanity .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crime against humanity
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All are defined as crimes against humanity and carry a penalty of life imprisonment.
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All four have been charged with crimes against humanity by the Hague International Tribunal.
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He is charged with 20 war crimes , including genocide and crimes against humanity.
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If the conference succeeds in labelling slave trafficking a crime against humanity, demands for compensation will surely follow.
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Shouldn't they at least be discussed within the same context of international law and crimes against humanity?
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That is a crime against humanity.
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These are crimes against humanity, as has been said.
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They also slavishly accepted the amnesty that Pinochet and his generals had granted themselves to avoid trial for their crimes against humanity.
the dregs of society/humanity
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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30% of humanity live in conditions of terrible poverty.
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The General was accused of committing crimes against humanity .
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The medical course stresses each patient's humanity .
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The Nobel committee said Gordimer's writing had benefited humanity .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As they begin to heal, will they regain their faith in humanity ?
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Hence the words man, mankind, humanity have come to be treated as interchangeable synonyms.
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I won't do the smallest good thing for humanity .
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The needs and waste of humanity have multiplied accordingly.
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The neurosis of humanity arose out of the relation to the father, just as it does for the child.
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They are meant to appeal to Tamburlaine's humanity and hopefully stop him from plundering the town.
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Yet it seemed to me they had much to learn when it came to manners and plain humanity .