Meanings
plural humanenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being humane.
So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1). We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.
1991, A Southern African Guide to World Religions, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109Synonyms: humanity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being humane.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From humane + -ness. Piecewise doublet of humanness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 仁慈
- 仁慈 (réncí)property of being humane
Czech lidskost
- lidskostproperty of being humane
Finnish inhimillisyys
- inhimillisyysproperty of being humane
Latvian cilvēcība, cilvēcīgums
- cilvēcībaproperty of being humane
- cilvēcīgumsproperty of being humane
- humanitāteproperty of being humane
Romanian omenie, umanitate
- omenieproperty of being humane
- umanitateproperty of being humane
Turkish insaniyetlik
- insaniyetlikproperty of being humane
Zulu ubuntu
- ubuntuproperty of being humane
Cite this entry
humaneness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humaneness
“humaneness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humaneness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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