Meaning of HUMANE
Pronunciation: | | hyoo'meyn
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
- [adj] marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering
- [adj] pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
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| Synonyms: | | civilised, civilized, compassionate, human-centered, humanist, humanist, humanistic, humanistic, humanitarian, kind, painless |
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| Antonyms: | | inhumane | |
| See Also: | | human, merciful | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Hu*mane"\, a. [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See {Human}.]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man;
having a disposition to treat other human beings or
animals with kindness; kind; benevolent.
Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination.
--Sportswood.
3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
Syn: Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate;
gentle; tender; merciful. -- {Hu*mane"ly}, adv. --
{Hu*mane"ness}, n.
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Biology Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Marked by sympathy, compassion or concern for other humans or for animals. |
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| Related Terms: | | accepting, affectionate, altruistic, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, chickenhearted, Christian, Christlike, Christly, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, decent, easy, easygoing, eleemosynary, forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, fraternal, gentle, good, gracious, human, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, lax, lenient, loving, melting, merciful, mild, moderate, nice, patient, philanthropic, pitying, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
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