humane
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Synonyms & Antonyms for humane
Synonyms
beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted
Antonyms
atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton
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The special housing unit opened in February with the mission of providing a safer and more humane environment for pregnant and postpartum inmates, said acting Warden Beatrice Calhoun. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, "Pregnant behind bars: A downstate prison opens a special wing for mothers-to-be and postpartum inmates," 2 Sep. 2019 Others told their Western critics that slavery, as practised under Islam, was a far more humane phenomenon than the bondage endured by say, American plantation workers; therefore the Westerners had no moral standing. — The Economist, "Everywhere in chains," 27 Aug. 2019 The most humane method is apparently to lower the temperatures in the tanks. — Tik Root, Time, "Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm," 21 Aug. 2019 Vox’s Dylan Matthews, who wrote about the feral hog tweet from a more philosophical standpoint last week, noted that more humane methods like contraceptives have been remarkably effective in managing other wild animal populations. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "This Land Is Their Land, Too," 12 Aug. 2019 Yang is running on a platform of universal basic income, Medicare For All, and a more humane form of capitalism. — Chicago Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Campaign 2020: The list of Democratic presidential candidates who want to topple Trump," 22 Jan. 2019 But really his broad success really owes to his artistic sensibility: upbeat, accessible, humane, smart, and often fun for the whole family. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Chance the Rapper Wants You to Get Married," 30 July 2019 Get our daily newsletter In New York, awareness of the high costs of incarceration has spurred demand for more humane spaces. — The Economist, "A jail in Denver offers some lessons for criminal-justice reformers," 28 June 2019 In some cases desire and fighting for one's humane treatment in the world dovetail. — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, "Lisa Taddeo's 'Three Women' Is the Honest Portrayal of Female Desire That 2019 Demands," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'humane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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