Definition of humana
1. human [ a ] characteristic of humanity
Examples:
"human nature"
("Editorials"...)
Thus , when the Russians sent up their first sputnik , American chagrin was human enough , and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable .
He is a Buddhist , which means that to him peace and the sanctity of human life are not_only religious dogma , but a profound and unshakable Weltanschauung .
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
Each man can identify himself with the history and the death of Jesus_Christ because Jesus_Christ has identified himself with human history and human_death , coming as the head of a new humanity .
The repeated efforts in Christian history to describe death as altogether the consequence of human sin show that these two aspects of death cannot be separated .
(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)
Will advances in human sciences help us build social_structures and governments which will enable us to cope_with people as_effectively_as the primitive combination of protein and nucleic_acid built a structure of molecules which enabled it to adapt to a sea of molecular interaction ?
Synonyms human Related Terms humanness2. human [ a ] relating to a person
Examples:
"the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"
(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)
When we consider the electronic industry potential for human betterment , the prospect is staggering .
Based on this phenomenon , a number of investigators have used this method to `` look through '' human organs .
(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)
The Rebs were , to a Massachusetts corporal , `` fighting madmen or not men at_all but whiskey + gunpowder put into a human frame '' .
(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)
But not a single human life was lost , and property damage in the Hawaiian_Islands did not exceed $ 800000 .
(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)
First came the cannon_fodder , white clad civilians being driven into death as a massive human battering_ram .
Synonyms human Related Terms person3. human [ a ] having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings
Examples:
"human beings"
"the human body"
"human kindness"
"human frailty"
(The New York Times,...)
It made him human .
(Chicago Daily Tribune...)
More_than a beautiful visualization of the illustrious adventures and escapades of the tragi-comic knight-errant and his squire , Sancho_Panza , in seventeenth century Spain , this inevitably abbreviated rendering of the classic satire on chivalry is an affectingly warm and human exposition of character .
(The Providence Journal...)
Also fine are Sue_Lawless , as a mother more protective and belligerent than a female spider and just as destructive , Harold_Cherry , as her scratchy spouse , and Hildy_Weissman , as a vegetable in human form .
(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)
Modern man , as Dietrich_Bonhoeffer has told us , has `` come_of_age '' ; and though this process by_no_means represents an unambiguous gain and is , in_fact , marked by the estrangement from the depths that seems to be the cost of human maturation , it is still a positive step forward ; and those of us who so richly benefit from it should be the last to despise it .
(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)
Irenaeus does not claim pre-existence for the human soul ; therefore there is no need for him , as there is for Origen , to identify existence itself with the fall .
Synonyms human Related Terms nonhuman anthropomorphic fallible hominal anthropoid hominian hominine earthborn humanness4. human [ n ] a human being
Examples:
"there was too much for one person to do"
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
His assumption seems to be that any such friends , being tolerable humans , must be more liberal than most Southerners and therefore at_least partly in_sympathy_with his views .
(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)
But these countries have made big strides toward developing the necessary human and social overhead capital ; they have established reasonably stable and effective governmental institutions at national and local levels ; and they have begun to develop a capacity to deal realistically and simultaneously with all the major sectors of their economies .
(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)
In the unfertile land in Palestine humans broke their backs pushing will_power to the brink .
(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)
`` Of the humans we left at the equator , one has discorporated and the others are sad '' .
(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
Well , the odious little toad went_along chivying animals and humans who could n't retaliate , and in_due_course , as was inevitable , overreached himself .
Synonyms person individual someone human soul mortal somebody Related Terms life_form causal_agent man friend subject Jew case party worker neighbor leader Black national expert machine slave applicant engineer perceiver amateur adversary consumer White child owner collector registrant commoner bodybuilder relative killer lover scientist self follower combatant homemaker authority life candidate adult victim inhabitant male coward compulsive planner defender ruler peer female individualist user native achiever intellectual traveler convert user ward explorer warrior European left-hander advocate hope modern blond celebrant recipient appointee creature face dead_person homosexual captor acquaintance learner good_guy adventurer interpreter innocent namesake gambler contestant personage philosopher biter best radical redhead rescuer personification creator pistoleer precursor fugitive sleeper religionist demander dissenter entertainer unfortunate sentimentalist Elizabethan enrollee seeker partner free_agent sort good_person bad_guy transfer suspect terror hater survivor tiger introvert immune hoarder kneeler adjudicator linguist advisee actor abstainer malcontent literate man_jack baby_boomer autodidact juvenile jewel middlebrow mixed-blood baldhead large_person bedfellow bullfighter baby_buster communicator anomaly nude nonsmoker outcaste optimist masturbator nonmember mesomorph nonparticipant miracle_man brunet propositus charmer nonworker neutral nondescript nonreligious_person money_handler quitter occultist rich_person repeater clumsy_person roundhead second-rater signer copycat complexifier primitive stigmatic pussycat quarter six-footer simpleton sleepyhead sounding_board debtor creditor sphinx right-hander differentiator deliverer sensualist dribbler ectomorph drug_user double emotional_person endomorph unskilled_person unwelcome_person disputant extrovert small_person fiduciary faddist person_of_color first-rater5. human [ n ] any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
Used in print:(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)
The cells were washed three times with saline , anti human serum was added , the cells were resuspended , and the mixture was centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 1 min and examined for agglutination .
The anti human sera used were prepared by injecting whole human serum into rabbits .
(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)
Finally , it is suggested that in many respects the horse lung may be anatomically more comparable_to that of the human than any other presently known species .
(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)
On Mars humans were building pressure_domes for the male and female party that would arrive by next ship .
Synonyms man human_being human homo Related Terms hominid Homo_habilis homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Rhodesian_man Homo_soloensis Neanderthal_man Homo_erectus Homo_sapiens genus_Homo homo_erectus hand face arm foot human_body mane human_head body_hair loin earlobe body side prepubescent nutrition syndactyly hyperdactyly schistosome_dermatitis given_birth6. Human [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17725
Synonyms HumanSimilar Spelling
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