Meanings
nounhumanation (plural humanations)
plural humanations
- rarelifestyleThe fact or process of becoming human.
In sixteenth-century England the Protestant Church dropped the word ‘humanation’, but the German version, Menschwerdung, survived in Lutheran ‘wound mysticism’.
2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 33
Origin
From humanate + -ion or human + -ation.
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humanation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanation
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“humanation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanation.
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