Ubuntu

British

/ ʊˈbuːntʊ /

noun

humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

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Etymology

Origin of Ubuntu

Nguni

Example Sentences

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She cites Ubuntu, a South African philosophy that informs her healing approach.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"We have agreed on the matter of expansion," Naledi Pandor said on Ubuntu Radio, a station run by South Africa's foreign ministry.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

He defined Ubuntu like this: "I am me because you are you. I can never be free while you are enslaved. I can never be rich while you are poor. We two are connected."

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2023

Ms. Freeman, raised in Richmond, Va., is the executive chef at Cadence, a plant-based, Southern-inspired restaurant in Manhattan, and will soon be opening Ubuntu, a vegan African restaurant, in Los Angeles.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

I was intrigued and did some cursory research online, and it appears I could go with Ubuntu Linux and squeeze a little more life out of my MacBook Air.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2022

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