mass of humanity

collocation in English

meaningsofmassandhumanity

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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mæs/us
/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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humanity
noun
uk
/hjuːˈmæn.ə.ti/us
/hjuːˈmæn.ə.t̬i/
people ...
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(Definition ofmassandhumanityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Sidgwick regularly spoke of themassofhumanityas the vulgar, the sensual herd, the common herd, savages, or worse.
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Ever since this planet became populated, for the greatmassofhumanitythe problem of food has been most difficult, pressing and urgent.
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Television has unquestionably, for themassofhumanityin the developed countries, added considerably to the quality of life.
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Frankly, it would not be suitable for the greatmassofhumanity.
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How else have the great changes of history taken place but ultimately by the will of the greatmassofhumanity?
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Many schemes have been proposed for helping young people, young school-leavers, but many of them have failed to realise that they are not just amassofhumanity.
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Themassofhumanityare common-sense people.
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From the windows of their comfortable apartments, they could look out at the steamingmassofhumanitycrowded beneath.
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It was an incredible experience of thismassofhumanitywith one mind moving down the street.
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The emphasis is on themassofhumanityit holds.
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The multiplicity of the human forms represents confusion and anonymity, analyzing an individual's presence in amassofhumanity.
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Kinck often explores the workings of love and tenderness, and the difference between themassofhumanityand individuals.
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Marines and sailors hastily trained to prepare for the anticipatedmassofhumanity.
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On the verandahs outside, a tightly wedgedmassofhumanitysurged to and fro, a large number remaining on the street outside.
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It is inconceivable that we can reach the goal we seek unless those great masses of humanity, with all their resources of matter and spirit, are brought there.
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