human nature
noun
: the nature of humans
especially
: the fundamental dispositions and traits of humans
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You can't change human nature.
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The barbarians are all those who hate human nature, all those who trample upon the sense of the sacred, all those who do not value life, all those who rebel against God the Creator of man and nature.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
The will to believe otherwise is a sad truth about human nature that a cynic such as Trump has learned to exploit.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
And then masculinity is ultimately about human nature, too.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
All of human nature, like the best and the worst of humanity is crammed onto a glacier for two months.
—Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
The will to believe otherwise is a sad truth about human nature that a cynic such as Trump has learned to exploit.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
And then masculinity is ultimately about human nature, too.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
All of human nature, like the best and the worst of humanity is crammed onto a glacier for two months.
—Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for human nature
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“Human nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20nature. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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