humanity

1 human beings in general all humanity can learn from this tragedy Synonyms folks, people, humankind, public, species, worldRelated Words community, society; crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

2 the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune a country known for the humanity of its liberal immigration policy Synonyms bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartednessRelated Words feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity; affection, love, regard; affinity, empathy, rapport; altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropyNear Antonyms callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern; cruelty, harshness; animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostilityAntonyms coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

3 the human race in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity, such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed Synonyms Homo sapiens, mankind, humankind, manRelated Words being, body, creature, fellowman, human, individual, mortal, party, person