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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
hu•man /ˈhyumən/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. of, relating to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people:[before a noun]human weakness.
  2. Anthropology made up of people:[before a noun]the human race.
  3. of or relating to the social aspect of people:[before a noun]human affairs.
  4. sympathetic;
    humane:a warmly human understanding.

n. [countable]
  1. AnthropologyAlso called  ˈhu•man ˈbe•ing. a person;
    a man, woman, or child.
hu•man•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017
hu•man  (hyo̅o̅mən or, often, yo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
  2. Anthropologyconsisting of people: the human race.
  3. of or pertaining to the social aspect of people: human affairs.
  4. sympathetic; humane: a warmly human understanding.

  1. Anthropologya human being.
hu man•like′, adj. 
hu man•ness, n. 
  • Latin hūmānus, akin to homō human being (compare Homo); spelling, spelled human predominant from early 18th cent.
  • Middle French humain
  • earlier humain(e), humayn(e), Middle English 1350–1400
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Human, humane may refer to that which is, or should be, characteristic of human beings. In thus describing characteristics,
      human weakness
      ). When emphasis is placed upon the latter,
      human is thought of as contrasted to
      divine:To err is human, to forgive divine. He was only human.Humane (the original spelling of
      humane person is benevolent in treating fellow humans or helpless animals;
    Pronunciations of words like human, huge, etc., with the initial (h)USA pronunciation deleted: (yo̅o̅mən), (yo̅o̅j),USA pronunciation while sometimes criticized, are heard from speakers at all social and educational levels, including professors, lawyers, and other public speakers.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

human /ˈhjuːmən/ adj
  1. of, characterizing, or relating to man and mankind: human nature
  2. consisting of people: the human race, a human chain
  3. having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines: human failings
  4. kind or considerate
  5. natural
  1. a human being; person
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin hūmānus; related to Latin homō man

ˈhumanness n

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