human nature

English - Turkish

Definition of human nature in English Turkish dictionary

Onun hiciv romanı, insan doğasının zayıf yönlerini eleştirdi. - His satirical novel criticized the foibles of human nature.

Hukuk, insan doğasının çaresizliğinden doğar. - Law is born from despair of human nature.

English - English

Definition of human nature in English English dictionary: The fundamental set of qualities, and the range of behaviour, shared by all humans; The common qualities of all human beings; the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings; "a great observer of human nature"; behavior that comes naturally to people, inherent human traits; The collection of behaviors that stem from the tendency to act in one's own self interest before all else, which is caused by the Procreative Drive; the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings; "a great observer of human nature; The conditioning and programming that has been experienced in human existence Human nature includes the personality Human nature alters uniqueness Back to Top; Human nature is the natural qualities and ways of behaviour that most people have. It seems to be human nature to worry. The sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans. Fundamental dispositions and traits of humans. Theories about the nature of humankind form a part of every culture. In the West, debate has traditionally centred on whether humans are selfish and competitive (see Thomas Hobbes; John Locke) or social and altruistic (Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim). Recent research in genetics, evolutionary biology, and cultural anthropology suggests that humans may be both, and that there is a complex interaction between genetically inherited factors ("nature") and developmental and social factors ("nurture"). Basic drives shared with other primates include food, sex, security, play, and social status. Gender differences include greater investment in reproduction and child-rearing among females, hence less risk-taking; and concomitantly less investment and greater risk-taking among males. See also behaviour genetics; Homo sapiens; personality; philosophical anthropology; sociobiology; See: with regard to value coresident view (view that sees people as living among other creatures and forces, which may have value in themselves) repository view (view in which people are the sole repositories for value in the universe); what it essentially means to be a human being; what makes us different from anything else; anthropophuism

human nature

Hyphenation

hu·man na·ture

Turkish pronunciation

hyumın neyçır

Synonyms

frail humanity, human equation, human fallibility, human frailty, humanity, human weakness, weakness of the flesh

Pronunciation

/ˈhyo͞omən ˈnāʧər/ /ˈhjuːmən ˈneɪʧɜr/

Etymology

[ 'hyü-m&n, 'yü- ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English humain, from Middle French, from Latin humanus; akin to Latin homo human being; more at HOMAGE.