🇬🇧 Humanity meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Humanity” means all people together, everywhere on Earth—everyone as one big group. It talks about humans as a whole, not just one person or one family. We use “humanity” when we think about what people are like, what we all do, and how we should treat each other with kindness.

Humanity discovered electricity, but I still can’t find a charger when my battery is at 1%.

Humanity invented alarm clocks, which proves humans sometimes make very bad choices.

Sometimes I lose faith in humanity when I see people arguing about whether cereal is a soup.

Humanity creates brilliant inventions, and then uses them mostly to look at funny pictures of cats.

Scientists estimate humanity (Homo sapiens) has lived on Earth for about 300,000 years.

On a flooded street, a child cried on a roof. Humanity leaned in. Humanity formed: a man tied a rope, a woman held the child, a boy carried a bag. Humanity worked in silence, hands steady, eyes soft. A boat came, and humanity moved the child to dry land. They watched the child sleep, and humanity sighed with relief.

This word is at the C1 level, which means it’s part of advanced English. It’s used in sophisticated conversations, professional settings, and academic discussions. Words at this level help you express yourself fluently and precisely in nuanced situations.

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