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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Wanjeri Gakuru
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 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
Suffering, my friends, is part of the human condition.
—S. Irfan Ali, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
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Wanjeri Gakuru
july 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 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
Suffering, my friends, is part of the human condition.
—S. Irfan Ali, Forbes.com, 2 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 25 Jul. 2025.
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