human nature
noun
: the nature of humans
especially
: the fundamental dispositions and traits of humans
Examples of human nature in a Sentence
You can't change human nature.
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Because human nature is complicated, human nature has multiple layers.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
As is human nature, the two sides caricature each other and try to demonize each other.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
And what that speaks to is, to us, that this is a very tragic comedy about human nature in a certain way.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
LaVey embraced social Darwinism, for instance — but that was the point: Satanism doesn’t shy away from the baseness of human nature.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
As is human nature, the two sides caricature each other and try to demonize each other.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
And what that speaks to is, to us, that this is a very tragic comedy about human nature in a certain way.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024
LaVey embraced social Darwinism, for instance — but that was the point: Satanism doesn’t shy away from the baseness of human nature.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Human nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20nature. Accessed 30 Sep. 2024.
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