the human condition

noun

: part of being a person

The need to be loved is simply part of the human condition.

Examples of the human condition in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brooding over the human condition, the plays variously acknowledge death, sexism, cruelty, existential dread and the difficulty of finding common ground with your neighborhood barista. —Celia Wren, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2026

Born in Guangzhou and based in Beijing, the 47-year-old Cao is known for her work that probes into the human condition amid technological transformation. —Denni Hu, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026

His philosophy encouraged the embrace of duty, not because of the expectation of praise or other material benefits but because duty is in itself fulfillment of the human condition. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026

God, morality, truth, knowledge, and the human condition can all be explained by this system. —Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the human condition

• superimposition
• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition