HUMANENESS

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Meaning:

The quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("humaneness" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Attribute:

humane (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering)

inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "humaneness"):

humanity (the quality of being humane)

mercifulness; mercy (a disposition to be kind and forgiving)

Antonym:

inhumaneness (the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others)

Derivation:

humane (marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering)