Humanness
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The property of being human.
Example sentence: The empathy I found reading 'Heidi' and 'Little Women' is empathy we have as human beings that can feed all of our souls. We have our differences, but we're all so similar in our humanness. So those stories about young girls overcoming meant a lot to me and gave me hope.
Humanity
Part of speech: noun
Definition: mankind, human beings as a groupthe human conditionthe quality of being benevolent
Part of speech: interjection
Definition: used to express despair when something terrible or inhumane happens, but frequently used ironically nowadays in frustration at far more minor things.
Example sentence: To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.