Definition of human
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of humans (see human entry 2)
the human brain human voices problems that have occurred throughout human history
2
: consisting of or involving humans
everyone held hands and made a human chain human interactions human spaceflight
3a
: having human form or attributes
the statue is more human than the beings at his feet— Clifton Fadiman
b
: representative of or susceptible to the sympathies and frailties of human nature
human kindness a human weakness such an inconsistency is very human— P. E. More
human
nounDefinition of human (Entry 2 of 2)
: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) : a person : man sense 1c
—usually plural a disease that affects both humans and animalsincomprehensible to us humans— William James
broadly
: hominid
the least developed of all ancestral humans — A. L. Kroeber
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The first known use of human was in the 15th century
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