humanity meaning and definition

HUMANITY noun

Definition of humanity (noun)

1. the quality of being humane
2. the quality of being human
   • "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
   • synonyms: humanness, manhood
3. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
   • "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
   • synonyms: human beings, human race, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world