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mankind
[ man-kahynd man-kahynd ]
noun
- the human race; human beings collectively without reference to gender; humankind:
It is no longer possible, if it ever was, for a single human brain to hold all of mankind's scientific knowledge.
- men, as distinguished from women:
Some still maintain that mankind is stronger, braver, smarter than womankind, but many others consider that absolute nonsense.
mankind
/ ˌæˈ첹ɪԻ /
noun
- human beings collectively; humanity
- men collectively, as opposed to womankind
Usage
Gender Note
Other yvlog Forms
- mkԻ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of mankind1
Example Sentences
“Hardly a man takes a half hour’s nap after dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head and asks, ‘What’s the news?’ as if the rest of mankind had stood his sentinels.”
"I think it was the worst disease ever of mankind. When she was diagnosed in 2019, she’d just got her career going and her children were growing. She stayed positive through all of it."
“Packaged foods are very, very important for mankind,” he continued.
"I don't think you can think of anything more modern than some of the statements that Lewis Grassic Gibbon makes about mankind. I mean, human nature doesn't change a great deal," she says.
Does anyone just want peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind this Christmas?
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