Mankind

Definition: Mankind

Mankind

Noun

1. All of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover".

Date "mankind" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Mankind

Synonyms: human beings (n), human race (n), humanity (n), humankind (n), humans (n), man (n), world (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Mankind	Noun: man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind, human nature; humanity, mortality, flesh, generation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Once you have frozen mankind, these babies will overrun the globe, and we shall rule them, for we will be the only two people left in the world. (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Take a giant step back for mankind. (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Until mankind is peaceful enough not to have violence on the news, there's no point in taking it out of shows that need it for entertainment value. (Clueless; writing credit: Amy Heckerling.) This is a story of tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, when men have built a station in space, constructed in the form of a great wheel, and set a thousand miles out from the Earth, fixed by gravity, and turning about the world every two hours, serving a double purpose: an observation post in the heavens, and a place where a spaceship can be assembled, and then launched to explore other planets, and the vast universe itself, in the last and greatest adventure of mankind, the plunge toward the (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley) A giant leap for mankind. It's beginning to look like a stumble in the dark. (Space: 1999; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen)
Lyrics	It's an enemy of all mankind ("War"; performing artist: Edwin Starr) Blind to the ways of mankind ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner whom would hurt all mankind ("People Get Ready"; performing artist: The Impressions)
Movie/TV Titles	Challenge to Mankind (1961) The Story of Mankind (1957) Servant of Mankind (1940) God of Mankind (1928)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind (reference) This Earth of Mankind (Buru Quartet , Vol 1) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - For All Mankind (Vol. 6) (reference) For All Mankind - Criterion Collection (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Mankind [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) The Secret Museum Of Mankind, Vol. 2: Ethnic Music Classics 1925-1948 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Mankind (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Proper Study of Mankind is Man. : Phrenology Chart.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind"--John F. Kennedy / National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.Credit: Library of Congress.		War is the second worst activity of mankind, the worst being acquiescence in slavery.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles M. Schultz	I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.
Henry Brooks Adams	The proper study of mankind is woman.
Homer	The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
James Thomson	Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
Marquis de Vauvenargues	Emotion has taught mankind to reason.
	Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
Nathaniel Hawthorne	Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	All mankind loves a lover.
Thrasea	He who hates vices hates mankind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And he who does it, is justly to be esteemed the common enemy and pest of mankind, and is to be treated accordingly. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Declaration of Independence	1776	We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. (reference)
The Emancipation Proclamation	1862	And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. (Abraham Lincoln)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Here is the message of the British and American peoples to mankind. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Mankind was my business.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	They have no other relatives than all mankind.
In the Beauty of the Lilies	John Updike	Books? My books destroyed me. Books are the bane of mankind, I tell myself at least once a day.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He is there in the tabernacle burning with love for mankind, ready to comfort the afflicted.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This pain, called postherpetic neuralgia, is among the most devastating known to mankind � the kind of pain that leads to insomnia, weight loss, depression, and that total preoccupation with unrelenting torment that characterizes the chronic pain sufferer. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ABRIDGE, v.t. To shorten. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Oliver Cromwell
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Hey, the bottom line is, the fundamental nature of mankind never changes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The event of the existing crisis will be decisive in the opinion of mankind of the practicability of our federal system of government.
Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909	Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind.
Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929	Some of the best thought of mankind has long been seeking for a formula for permanent peace.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	Across all continents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their own resources, the material wants common to all mankind.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	I believe such a resolution can be found, and with it an improvement in our relations with the Soviet Union, if only the leaders in the Kremlin will recognize the basic rights and interests involved, and the interest of all mankind in peace.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Until a way can be found to scale down the level of arms among the superpowers, mankind cannot view the future without fear and great apprehension.
Richard Nixon	1969-1974	As we learn to go forward together at home, let us also seek to go forward together with all mankind.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	We are faced with the most evil enemy mankind has known in his long climb from the swamp to the stars.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	This ideal of America is the hope of all mankind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Mankind" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mankind" is used about 837 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	837	8,397

Expression using "mankind": the dregs of mankind. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mankind": mankind-s.
	Ending with "mankind": ger-mankind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "mankind"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		racë njerëzore (humankind), njerëzim (humanity, humankind, man, mortality), njerëzi (civility, comity, courtesy, courtliness, decency, humanity, Lord, people, politeness, public, world), burrëri (fearlessness, fortitude, manhood, manliness, spunk, virility). (various references)

Arabic		‏الجنس البشري (humanity, the species, universe), ‏الرجال (men), ‏إنسانية (humaneness, philanthropy), ‏بشرية (humaneness, people). (various references)

Bulgarian		човечество (humanity, humankind, man, mortality, the human race), човешки род (humankind, man, the species), мъжкият пол, мъжете (manhood, the sterner sex). (various references)

Chinese		人類 (human race, humanity), 人类 (Anthropogenic, HUMANITY, humankind). (various references)

Czech		muži (men), lidstvo (humanity, humankind, people, world). (various references)

Danish		menneskehed (human race). (various references)

Dutch		mensheid (human race), mensdom (human race). (various references)

Esperanto		homaro (human race). (various references)

Faeroese		mannaættin (human race), mannaætt (human race). (various references)

Farsi		نژادانسان , نوع انسان , جنس بشر. (various references)

Finnish		ihmissuku (the human race), ihmiskunta (humanity). (various references)

French		humanité, hommes (manpower). (various references)

Frisian		minskheid (human race). (various references)

German		menschheit (humanity, humankind). (various references)

Greek		άνθρωποι (people, person, persons), ανθρώπινο γένοσ (humankind), ανθρωπότητα (humanity, humannity). (various references)

Hebrew		א�"ם (human being, humanity, individual, man, person), א� ושות (humaneness, humanity), בריות (people), ב� י א�"ם (humanity). (various references)

Hungarian		emberiség (all flesh, commonalty, humanity, humankind). (various references)

Indonesian		umat manusia (humanity). (various references)

Italian		umanit� (humaneness, humanity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		人�"同士 (the human creature, works of man), 人類 (humanity), 人 (adult, character, human being, man, man of talent, messenger, other people, people, person, personality, true man, visitor), 万物の霊長 (man, the lord of creation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ひと (adult, bandit, character, condemning, denouncing, human being, man, man of talent, messenger, other people, people, person, personality, spending, true man, visitor), ば�"ぶつのれいちょう (man, the lord of creation), に�"�'�"どうし (the human creature, works of man), に�" (adult, character, charge, duty, human being, kernel, man, man of talent, messenger, obligation, other people, people, person, personality, responsibility, true man, visitor), じ�"るい (humanity). (various references)

Korean		인류 (humanities, HUMANITY). (various references)

Manx		sheelnaue (human being, humanity, humankind), cloan y theihll (worldly minded persons), cloan ny cruinney (worldly minded persons), cloan gheiney. (various references)

Papiamen		humanidat (human race). (various references)

Pig Latin		ankindmay

Polish		ludzkość. (various references)

Portuguese		humanidade (flesh, human progress, humaneness, humanity, humankind, manhood, world). (various references)

Romanian		umanitate (humaneness, humanities, humanity, inhumanity, manhood), sexul bãrbãtesc, omenire (earth, humanity, humankind), neamul omenesc (the human race), lume (cosmos, creation, earth, existence, folk, humanity, people, realm, society, universe, world), bãrbaţii. (various references)

Russian		человечество (humanity, humankind, the human race). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		čovečanstvo (human: the human race, humanity). (various references)

Spanish		humanidad (humaneness, humanity, humankind). (various references)

Swedish		mänsklighet (human race, humanism, humanity), människosläkte. (various references)

Turkish		insanoğlu (human, human being, humankind, mortality, the human race), insanlar (cattle, folk, folks, human beings, humanity, people, they), insanlık (flesh, flesh and blood, human, humanity, humankind, lords of creation, mortality, our species, the human race, the species), insan soyu (our species, the species), erkekler (men, menfolk, sons), bexer (human race). (various references)

Ukranian		чоловіки (menfolk), людство (human, humanity, humankind, man). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhân loại nam giới, lo� i người (humanity, humankind). (various references)

Welsh		dynolryw. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	lu-u. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	mundi, mundis, mundo, mundos, mundum, mundus. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	feorhcynn, foldbuend, mancynn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Leviticus Chapter 18, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai meta arsenoV ou koimhqhsh koithn gunaikoV bdelugma gar estin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Cum masculo non commisceberis coitu femineo quia abominatio est
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	With a maal thow shalt not be mengid, bi maner of goyng to gidere with womman, for abhomynacioun it is.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for that is abominacion.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Leviticus Chapter 18, Verse 22
Bulgarian	С мъжко да не легнеш като с женско; това е гнусота.
Cebuano	Dili ka maghigda tipon sa lalake, sama sa paghigda tipon sa babaye: kini gidumtan sa Dios.
Chinese	不可與 �"� 人苟合、像與女人一樣、這本是可憎惡的。
Croatian	Ne lijegaj s muškarcem kako se liježe sa ženom! To bi bila grozota.
Danish	Hos en Mand må du ikke ligge, som man ligger hos en Kvinde; det er en Vederstyggelighed.
Dutch	Bij een manspersoon zult gij niet liggen met vrouwelijke bijligging; dit is een gruwel.
Finnish	Älä makaa miehenpuolen kanssa, niinkuin naisen kanssa maataan; se on kauhistus.
French	Tu ne coucheras point avec un homme comme on couche avec une femme. C`est une abomination.
German	Du sollst nicht beim Knaben liegen wie beim Weibe; denn es ist ein Greuel.
Haitian Creole	Piga yon gason kouche yon lòt gason tankou yo kouche yon fanm: Se bagay Bondye pi pa vle wè.
Hungarian	Férfiúval ne hálj úgy, a mint asszonynyal hálnak: útálatosság az.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang laki-laki tak boleh bersetubuh dengan orang laki-laki; Allah membenci perbuatan itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Jangan kamu berbaring dengan seorang laki-laki cara perempuan, karena ia itulah suatu perkara yang keji.
Italian	Non avrai con maschio relazioni come si hanno con donna: è abominio.
Korean	너 �" 여 자 와 교 합 함 같 이 남 자 와 교 합 하 지 말 라 이 �" 가 증 한 일 이 니 라
Maori	Kei takotoria wahinetia te tane: he mea whakarihariha tena.
Modern Greek	Και μετα αρρενος δεν θελεις συνουσιασθη, ως μετα γυναικος· ειναι βδελυγμα.
Norwegian	Hos en mann skal du ikke ligge som en ligger hos en kvinne; det er en vederstyggelighet.
Portuguese	Não te deitarás com varão, como se fosse mulher; é abominação.
Rumanian	Sq nu te culci cu un bqrbat cum se culcq cineva cu o femeie. Este o urkciune.
Russian	оЕ МПЦЙУШ У НХЦЮЙОПА, ЛБЛ У ЦЕОЭЙОПА: ЬФП НЕТЪПУФШ.
Spanish	"No te acostarás con un hombre como uno se acuesta con una mujer. Eso es una abominación.
Swedish	Du skall icke ligga hos en man såsom man ligger hos en kvinna; det är en styggelse.
Thai	เจ้าอย่าสมสู่กับผู้ชายใช้ต่างผู้หญิง เป็นสิ่งที่น่าสะอิ�"สะเอียน
Ukrainian	А з чоловіком не будеш лежати як з жінкою, гидота воно!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "mankind": humankind, womankind. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mankind" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mackid, makeend, Makinda, Makindye, makink, makonde, Mancino, Mangin, Mankan, mankin, manokin, mawkin, Menken, mepkins, Minkin, Mungindi, Nankani. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mankind" (pronounced ma"nkī"nd)
5	-n k ī" n d	unkind.
4	-k ī" n d	kind.
3	-ī" n d	aligned, assigned, behind, bind, blind, combined, confined, consigned, declined, defined, designed, dined, disinclined, enshrined, entwined, find, fined, grind, hind, inclined, intertwined, lined, maligned, mind, mined, opined, realigned, reassigned, redefined, redesigned, refined, remind, resigned, rind, shined, signed, twined, unconfined, undefined, undermined, unlined, unrefined, unsigned, unwind, wind, wined.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-k-m-n-n"
	-3 letters: akin, amid, amin, damn, dank, dink, kadi, kain, kami, kina, kind, maid, main, mina, mind, mink.
	-4 letters: aid, aim, ain, ami, and, ani, dak, dam, dim, din, ink, inn, kid, kin, mad, man, mid, nam, nan, nim.
	-5 letters: ad, ai, am, an, id, in, ka, ma, mi, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-k-m-n-n"
	+2 letters: humankind, nicknamed, womankind.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 6E 6B 69 6E 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-- .- -. -.- .. -. -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01101110 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#110 &#107 &#105 &#110 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 006E 006B 0069 006E 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
seven for all mankind	151
mankind	138
7 for all mankind	131
seven jean for all mankind	66
7 jean mankind	33
mankind project	25
wwf mankind	14
evolution mankind	11
history of mankind	9
jean mankind	7
wwe mankind	7
race of mankind	7
face mankind	7
future of mankind	6
mankind pic wwf	5
mankind the wrestler	4
mankind origin	4
the story of mankind	4
genesis mankind	4
mankind museum	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Mankind

Definition: Mankind

Mankind

Noun

Synonyms: Mankind

Synonyms within Context: Mankind

Mankind

Crosswords: Mankind

Modern Usage: Mankind

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Familiar Quotations: Mankind

Charles M. Schultz

Henry Brooks Adams

Homer

James Thomson

Marquis de Vauvenargues

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thrasea

Historic Usage: Mankind

John Locke

US Declaration of Independence

The Emancipation Proclamation

Winston S. Churchill

Use in Literature: Mankind

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In the Beauty of the Lilies

John Updike

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Mankind

Health

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Mankind

Dennis Miller

Speeches: Mankind

Andrew Jackson

Theodore Roosevelt

Calvin Coolidge

Harry S. Truman

Dwight Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

George W. Bush

Usage Frequency: Mankind

Expression: Mankind

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mankind

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