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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Mike Leigh is one of the most prolific living filmmakers, an acolyte of the human condition. —

Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024 The entire range of the human condition and emotion seems to have been captured on benches over the last century or so. —

Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024 Where Pink Floyd’s Seventies oeuvre obsessed on the brutality of the human condition, Gilmour’s latest solo music concerns itself with humanity’s fragility. —

Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 So my story is very involved with the complexities of the human condition, really, and how everyone’s looking for some comfort, some release from the hell of life. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the human condition

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