mankind

noun, singular or plural in construction

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Definition of mankind

1 \ ˈman-ˈkīnd

, -ˌkīnd \ : the human race : the totality of human beings

2 \ ˈman-ˌkīnd

\ : men especially as distinguished from women

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Recent Examples on the Web Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. — San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021 The very image of an apocalyptic wasteland and mankind’s attempt to set it right, however clumsily. — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 June 2021 Ajak notes that immortals have been around for a while, helping guide mankind from afar. — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 24 May 2021 Chris Pratt plays a schoolteacher recruited to fight in a war in 2051 — evidently mankind in the future is losing a war to deadly aliens. — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2021 The Eternals are a race of immortals who protect earth against entities known as the Deviants, mankind's oldest enemies. — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 May 2021 Anything but a polemic, the film never says a word, but shows the increasingly catastrophic effects of mankind's assault on the environment on the vulnerable creatures in the ocean. — Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021 Collins had reached the apex of mankind’s technological advances — the first manned mission to the moon — only to never touch the lunar surface. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2021 Rapidly declining insect populations triggering end of mankind? — Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 May 2021

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