humane

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humane

merciful; kind; tender; compassionate: Children and animals should always have humane treatment.

Not to be confused with:

human – pertaining to or having the nature of people: It’s only human to want to be in love.

hu·mane

(hyo͞o-mān′)

adj.

1. Characterized by kindness, mercy, or compassion: a humane judge; a humane policy.

2. Characterized by an emphasis on humanistic values and concerns: a humane education.

[Middle English humain, human; see human.]

hu·mane′ly adv.

hu·mane′ness n.

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humane

(hjuːˈmeɪn)

adj

1. characterized by kindness, mercy, sympathy, etc

2. inflicting as little pain as possible: a humane killing.

3. civilizing or liberal (esp in the phrases humane studies, humane education)

[C16: variant of human]

huˈmanely adv

huˈmaneness n

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hu•mane

(hyuˈmeɪn or, often, yu-)

adj.

1. characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for other beings, esp. for the suffering or distressed.

2. of or pertaining to humanistic studies.

[1500–50; orig. stress variant of human, restricted to above senses from 18th century; compare germane, german]

hu•mane′ly, adv.

hu•mane′ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	humane - pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" humanist, humanistic
	2.	humane - marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty" merciful - showing or giving mercy; "sought merciful treatment for the captives"; "a merciful god" inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	3.	humane - showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"

humane

adjective kind, compassionate, good, kindly, understanding, gentle, forgiving, tender, mild, sympathetic, charitable, benign, clement, benevolent, lenient, merciful, good-natured, forbearing, kind-hearted Their aim is for a more just and humane society.
cruel, brutal, ruthless, unkind, inhuman, unsympathetic, inhumane, barbarous, uncivilized, unmerciful

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

humane

adjective

Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering:

charitable, compassionate, human, humanitarian, merciful.

Translations

رؤوف، حنون، عَطوف

lidský

human

menschlich

humano

humain

emberséges

mannúîlegur, miskunnsamur

caritatevole cortese

humaniškaihumaniškashumaniškumas

cilvēcīgshumāns

humaan

human menneskelig

гуманный человеческий человечный

human

insancainsancıl

人道的仁慈的

humane

[hjuːˈmeɪn]

A. ADJ → humano, humanitario

B. CPD humane studies NPL → ciencias fpl humanas, humanidades fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

humane

[ˌhjuːˈmeɪn] adj → humain(e)

humane

adj

(= considerate) person, society, decision, treatment, prison → human; treatment of people → menschenwürdig, human; rearing of animals → unter humanen Bedingungen; a humane method of killing animals → eine möglichst schmerzlose Methode, Tiere zu töten

(form: = civilizing) education → humanistisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

humane

[hjuːˈmeɪn] adj → umanitario/a

humane

(hjuˈmein) adjective

kind; not cruel. a humane man; a humane way to kill rats and mice.

huˈmanely adverb

huˈmaneness noun

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There were in their ranks men of the highest intelligence, the purest virtue, and the humanest feelings; men, all of whose antecedents, whose tendencies, whose studies, professions, interests, and, I may say, convictions, placed them in the ranks of the conservatives, were carried away by an invisible force, and shouted out, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and hurled the brand of the incendiary at temple, palace, and castle, which sheltered them, as if it was not they who did it, but a spirit that possessed them.

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As one critic summarized his life and work: "He was chiefly valuable to his own age as its severest critic; to ours he represents its humanest aspiration."

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