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humanness

[hyoo-muhn-nis, yoo-] / ˈhju mən nɪs, ˈju- /


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And so you get a power that’s much greater than your own, and you begin to look on other human beings with the type of awe and respect that their humanness deserves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Human-created cultural products like film and writing will be positioned as most valuable, and priced accordingly as luxury goods and artworks, while elevated synthetic content will be “humanwashed” to create a veneer of faux humanness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

“You feel their humanness, because what’s more human than feeling that you don’t belong?”

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

“Talk out loud, identify yourself, and allow those predators to kind of absorb the whole scene and all the humanness and help them realize this is not one of my usual prey items,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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