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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International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed Jan. 27, brings the weight of history, the horror of genocide, and a profound reckoning with the worst of human nature.
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Todd L. Pittinsky, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
Our biggest threat might not be earthquakes or fires, columnist Steve Lopez writes, but human nature.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The final ingredient had everything to do with human nature.
—Joe Árvai, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
Part of this is just human nature and our love of stories of good and evil, of heroes and villains — a nature uncomfortable with the shades of gray in which governments actually paint their pictures.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Todd L. Pittinsky, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
Our biggest threat might not be earthquakes or fires, columnist Steve Lopez writes, but human nature.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The final ingredient had everything to do with human nature.
—Joe Árvai, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2025
Part of this is just human nature and our love of stories of good and evil, of heroes and villains — a nature uncomfortable with the shades of gray in which governments actually paint their pictures.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for human nature
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“Human nature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20nature. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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