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Synonyms

human being

American  

noun

  1. any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.

  2. a person, especially as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species.

    living conditions not fit for human beings; a very generous human being.
human being British  

noun

  1. a member of any of the races of Homo sapiens; person; man, woman, or child

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Etymology

Origin of human being

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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And he was like, “Yeah, behind closed doors, we are human beings.”

From Los Angeles Times

At this moment communications with Earth will be interrupted: the four astronauts are expected to become the human beings who have traveled farthest from Earth, breaking the Apollo 13 record.

From Barron's

“Placing thousands of people in warehouses that were never intended to house human beings will only exacerbate these problems,” the letter reads.

From Salon

History as we experience it at the sharp end is the aggregation of moral choices made by individual human beings.

From Salon

They also fear they would have to cover the cost of improving infrastructure to support the thousands of human beings being packed into industrial warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal

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