humanity

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Dimitri almost restored my faith in Russian humanity, a false dawn shattered upon my arrival in Moscow, but more on that later.

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  1. noun Humans considered as a group; the human race.
  2. noun The condition or quality of being human.
  3. noun The quality of being humane; benevolence.
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  1. Middle English humanite, from Old French, from Latin hūmānitās, from hūmānus, human; see human.

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  1. from Middle English humanitye, from Old French humanite, humainete, French humanité = Provencal humanitat = Spanish humanidad = Portuguese humanidade = Italian umanità = Dutch humaniteit = German humanität = Danish Swedish humanitet, from Latin humanita(t-)s, human nature, humanity, also humane conduct, from humanus, human, humane: see human, humane.
 

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