humane

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

humanermore humane

Superlative

humanestmost humane

1.
Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
2.
Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
3.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of human.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

mannishmennishmankindly

Trái nghĩa

inhumaninhumanenonhumaneinhuman, inhumane, nonhumane

Cùng gốc / liên quan

humanenesshumanewashhumanewashinghumaniachumanizehumanelyhumane society

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English humain, humayne, from Old French humain, umain, from Latin hūmānus, from Latin homō (man). Cognate with guma, whence the groom in bridegroom.