humaneness

English

Etymology

From humane +‎ -ness. Piecewise doublet of humanness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

humaneness (usually uncountable, plural humanenesses)

1. The property of being humane.
   • 1991, A Southern African Guide to World Religions‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 109:

     So, K’ung-tzu says: 'To master oneself and return to propriety is humanity' (Bk 12.1).
     We see, in this view, that humaneness was a quality which K’ung-tzu believed to be embodied in li, tradition and custom.

Synonyms

• humanity

Translations

property of being humane

• Bashkir: кешелек (keşelek), кешелеклелек (keşeleklelek)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 仁慈 (zh) (réncí)

• Czech: lidskost (cs) f
• Finnish: inhimillisyys (fi)
• Latvian: cilvēcība f, cilvēcīgums m, humanitāte f
• Romanian: omenie (ro) f, umanitate (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian: čȍvjekoljūblje (sh) n, čovjekoljùbivōst (sh) f
• Zulu: ubuntu (zu) class 14