"humanities" in the noun sense
1. humanity
the quality of being humane
"the college of arts and sciences"
2. humanness, humanity, manhood
the quality of being human
"he feared the speedy decline of all manhood"
3. world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
"all the world loves a lover"
"she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
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