human beings collectively; humanity men collectively, as opposed to womankind
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man•kind /ˈmænˈkaɪnd/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Sex and Genderhuman beings thought of as a group without reference to sex;
humankind:Mankind is not ready to explore the stars. - Sex and Gendermen as distinguished from women.
man•kind
(man′kīnd′ for 1; man′kīnd′ for 2),USA pronunciation n.
- Sex and Genderthe human race;
human beings collectively without reference to sex;
humankind. - Sex and Gendermen, as distinguished from women.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; see man1, kind2
- See -man.
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