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human nature

noun as in psychology of humankind

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Giving these shows a try may freshen up your library and teach you something about science, history, and human nature, too.

Indeed, all through these times, both the dark and bright sides of human nature were evident as many people engaged in extraordinary compassion and courage when others were committing acts of violence, self-interest, or greed.

So I think your assessment is fair, but I think that’s just human nature.

From Vox

Although a self-described haven for free speech, the service decided it had gone too far and created rules, adding volunteer moderators to rein in the dark side of human nature, including obscenity and photos of human feces.

From Fortune

They may recognize and accept, even love, the foibles of human nature.

The idea is to reveal human nature and behavior with your camera moves.

Krampus makes manifest the shadow sides of human nature that Christianity seeks to repress.

It is a brief text with philosophical leanings that revolves around the notions of normality and abnormality in human nature.

When MTV first started airing The Real World, it was meant to expose the brutal truth about human nature.

But there was also reality: storylines about life, death, love, hate, and the highs and lows of human nature.

There is a restiveness in human nature that resists compulsion, even to its own manifest advantage.

There is no other way but fresh blood for it is sheer human nature to feel flat after an effort.

Shakspeare has not only shown human nature as it is, but as it would be found in situations to which it cannot be exposed.

Suchet, an ardent student of human nature, was quick to appreciate how to turn to his use this provincialism.

Disillusionment cut him to the quick, but had no power to obscure his rosy views of human nature.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to human nature, such as: frail humanity, human equation, human fallibility, human frailty, humanity, and human weakness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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