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Mitmenschlichkeit

fellow-feeling, compassion for others

noun MIT-mensh-likh-kayt Rare
People & Society Values

Also means

human solidarity

Usage Note

Mitmenschlichkeit is the quality of caring for and helping other people, rooted in a sense of shared humanity. It is often invoked in appeals to charitable action or social cohesion and contrasted with Gleichgültigkeit (indifference).

Examples

"In der Krise zeigte sich die Mitmenschlichkeit der Nachbarn besonders deutlich."

Natural Translation

The crisis revealed the neighbours' fellow-feeling particularly clearly.

Literal Translation

In the crisis showed itself the fellow-feeling of-the neighbours particularly clearly.

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