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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Memoirs of survival at sea plunge the reader deep into the heart of human nature.
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Jé Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
This regression to the middle says something interesting about human nature, and may help explain why so many athletes end up stagnating or overtraining.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
The reason has to do with stamina and human nature.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
If, as Kingsnorth claims, gender-affirming medicine is an assault on human nature and the human body, then so, too, are pacemakers and prosthetic limbs, or Botox and condoms, for that matter.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025
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Jé Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 27 Nov. 2025
This regression to the middle says something interesting about human nature, and may help explain why so many athletes end up stagnating or overtraining.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
The reason has to do with stamina and human nature.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 22 Nov. 2025
If, as Kingsnorth claims, gender-affirming medicine is an assault on human nature and the human body, then so, too, are pacemakers and prosthetic limbs, or Botox and condoms, for that matter.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 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 30 Nov. 2025.
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