the human condition
noun
: part of being a person
The need to be loved is simply part of the human condition.
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As listeners enjoy a cross section of very different Americas, Flagg elicits laughs with her humorous observations of the human condition and her wry delivery.
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Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Producing more engaging viral content that has a positive message, reporting on the more uplifting side of the human condition, and focusing on innovation and progress will help stem the tide of all the negative viral content like the Jessica Radcliffe orca attack video.
—John Brandon, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Nineteen is a perfectly respectable age at which to be experiencing the terror of the human condition.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Colin Quinn Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield Colin Quinn has a unique gift for spinning what sounds like idle bar talk into sweeping philosophical statements about the human condition.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
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Audiofile Magazine
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Producing more engaging viral content that has a positive message, reporting on the more uplifting side of the human condition, and focusing on innovation and progress will help stem the tide of all the negative viral content like the Jessica Radcliffe orca attack video.
—John Brandon, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Nineteen is a perfectly respectable age at which to be experiencing the terror of the human condition.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Colin Quinn Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield Colin Quinn has a unique gift for spinning what sounds like idle bar talk into sweeping philosophical statements about the human condition.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the human condition
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“The human condition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20human%20condition. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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