humankind

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

humankind
    n 1: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
         world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
         `mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: {world}, {human
         race}, {humanity}, {humankind}, {human beings}, {humans},
         {mankind}, {man}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Humankind \Hu"man*kind`\, n.
   Mankind. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster]