human condition

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human condition

  • /hjʉwmənkənˈdɪʃən/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /hjʉwməŋkənˈdɪʃən/ British, Southern, Standard

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  1. What it means to be human; the experiences, characteristics, and limitations of life shared by all humans, as opposed to other lifeforms. Neither symboliste nor decadent, he was a pessimist in so far as that character applies to a man who looks at the worst contingencies as well as the best in the human condition.

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noun characteristics, key events and situations which compose the essentials of human experience

Españolcondición humana
中文人類條件 /人类条件 rénlèi tiáojiàn, 人性 rénxìng
Portuguêscondição humana
Françaiscondition humaine
DeutschConditio humana
Italianocondizione umana
Русскийчеловече́ская ситуа́ция čelovečéskaja situácija, челове́ческое усло́вие čelovéčeskoje uslóvije

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@misc{human_condition_2026,
  title = {human condition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/human%20condition},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}