Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human condition

/hjʉwmənkənˈdɪʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man -con-di-tion
IPA: /hjʉwmənkənˈdɪʃən/

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

What it means to be human; the experiences, characteristics, and limitations of life shared by all humans, as opposed to other lifeforms.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Youth dies. Life hurts. Love warms. Understanding heals. The wounds and balms of the human condition are so commonplace that men eventually experience them without noticing."
"Christian theology traditionally sees three elements of the human condition that are in need of transformation: sin (estrangement from God), evil (estrangement among humans), and death (mortality, and our estrangement from nature)."
"Mr. McCarthy’s fiction took a dark view of the human condition and was often macabre. He decorated his novels with scalpings, beheadings, arson, rape, incest, necrophilia and cannibalism."

Questions

How do you pronounce human condition?: The recorded pronunciation is /hjʉwmənkənˈdɪʃən/.
What does human condition mean?: What it means to be human; the experiences, characteristics, and limitations of life shared by all humans, as opposed to other lifeforms.

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