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adjective1) human* * *[hju'mein]- academic.ru/87952/humanely">humanely- humaneness* * *hu·mane[hju:ˈmeɪn]* * *[hjuː'meɪn]adj1) (= considerate) person, society, decision, treatment, prison human; treatment of people menschenwürdig, human; rearing of animals unter humanen Bedingungena humane method of killing animals — eine möglichst schmerzlose Methode, Tiere zu töten
2) (form: civilizing) education humanistisch* * *humane [hjuːˈmeın] adj1. human, menschlich:* * *adjective1) human2) (tending to civilize) humanistisch
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