mankind
Plural: mankind
Noun
- All human beings collectively; the entire human race.
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
- The human race in its entirety.
- Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
- Human feelings; humanity.
Examples
- His play of MANKIND was a sweeping statement about the global nature of word games.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mankinde, alteration (due to kinde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankin, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.
Scrabble Score: 14
mankind: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmankind: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mankind: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
mankind: valid Words With Friends Word