humanspeople

Humanspeople is a neologism used in some sociolinguistic, anthropological, and speculative contexts to refer to the global community of Homo sapiens as a social collective. The term combines human and people to emphasize shared social identity and cultural bonds over biological classification. Unlike humans (a biological species term) or people (a reference to individuals or groups), humanspeople is intended to denote people as a continuous, interconnected polity or cultural unit.

Since its emergence in modern discourse, often in online or fictional writing, the term is not widely standardized and shows variation in capitalization and pluralization. Common uses treat it as a plural noun, for example: the humanspeople face climate challenges together. It can also function as an attributive adjective, e.g., humanspeople values.

Etymology traces the coinage to the blending of human and people, with no single author or canonical date; usage appears in the 2000s–present in speculative fiction, academic discussions of global citizenship, and some civic discourse. Critics argue that the term is stylistically unconventional and may obscure distinctions between individuals, communities, and legal statuses, while proponents see it as a way to stress common humanity beyond national or ethnic categories.

See also: humankind, Homo sapiens, people, sociolinguistics, global citizenship.