"humanness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: humannesses [plural]
Etymology: From human + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|human|ness}} human + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} humanness (countable and uncountable, plural humannesses)
  1. The condition or quality of being human. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being human): кешелек (keşelek) (Bashkir), Menschlichkeit [feminine] (German), umanità [feminine] (Italian), cilvēciskums [masculine] (Latvian), człowieczeństwo [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-humanness-en-noun-656xSFwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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