human
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
human/ˈhjuːmən/
▶adjective relating to or characteristic of humankind.
■ of or characteristic of people as opposed to God or animals or machines: human error.
■ showing the better qualities of humankind, such as sensitivity.
▶noun a human being.– derivatives
humanness noun.
humanness noun.
– origin ME humaine, from OFr. humain(e), from L. humanus, from homo ‘man, human being’.
'human' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- AB
- abortion
- ABO system
- absurdism
- android
- -ane
- angel
- angst
- anthropic principle
- anthropo-
- anthropogenic
- anthropoid
- anthropology
- anthropometry
- anthropomorphic
- anthropomorphism
- anthropomorphous
- anthropophagy
- Apollonian
- arachidonic acid
- archaeology
- archetype
- arm
- art
- artefact
- artificial intelligence
- ash
- astral
- astrology
- audio frequency
- Australoid
- Australopithecus
- automatic
- automaton
- B
- back
- behaviouralism
- behavioural science
- behaviourism
- belly
- bicuspid
- bio-
- biohazard
- biologism
- bionic
- bioregionalism
- black
- blood group
- body louse
