mid-15c., variant of human (compare german/germane, urban/urbane), used interchangeably with it until early 18c., by which time it had become a distinct word with sense of "having qualities befitting human beings." But inhuman still can be the opposite of humane. The Royal Humane Society (founded 1774) was originally to rescue drowning persons. Such societies had turned to animal care by late 19c.
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1. a caring and humane society
思いやりと人道的な社会
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2.Is it humane to kill animals for food?
家畜を殺して食べるのは人道的ですか?
3.In the mid-nineteenth century,Dorothea Dix began to campaign for humane treatment of the mentally ill.19世紀半ば、ドロシア?ディクスは精神病患者の人道的待遇を勝ち取る運動を始めた。
4.Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake out a humane child protection practice.