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HUMANENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("humaneness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
humane (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering)
inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "humaneness"):
humanity (the quality of being humane)
mercifulness; mercy (a disposition to be kind and forgiving)
Antonym:
inhumaneness (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)
Derivation:
humane (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering)
