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German
Etymology
Mensch + -en- + -tum
Noun
Menschentum n (strong, genitive Menschentumes or Menschentums, no plural)
- (literary) manhood, humanity
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches , section 13:Auch der Dichter, der Künstler schiebt seinen Stimmungen und Zuständen Ursachen unter, welche durchaus nicht die wahren sind; er erinnert insofern an älteres Menschenthum und kann uns zum Verständnisse desselben verhelfen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Menschentum
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