the human condition
noun
: part of being a person
The need to be loved is simply part of the human condition.
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The minutia, those details of the human condition and our vulnerability, and our flaws; he’s so beautifully obsessed with those details.
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
Over the last century, access to energy has reshaped the human condition.
—Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, my favorite soap opera does get one thing absolutely right about the human condition, if not the medical Establishment: Every damn person on this show seems to make the right decision only after trying out all the wrong ones.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
There is no reason to assume that the ancient peoples of the Andes were somehow free of the same mental obscurations that Buddhists have famously identified as the bane of the human condition.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2025
Over the last century, access to energy has reshaped the human condition.
—Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Nevertheless, my favorite soap opera does get one thing absolutely right about the human condition, if not the medical Establishment: Every damn person on this show seems to make the right decision only after trying out all the wrong ones.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
There is no reason to assume that the ancient peoples of the Andes were somehow free of the same mental obscurations that Buddhists have famously identified as the bane of the human condition.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the human condition
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“The human condition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20human%20condition. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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