human nature

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   the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings

   “a great observer of human nature”

   Broaderattribute

Questions about human nature

What does human nature mean?

human nature means "the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings".

Is human nature a common word?

human nature is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.