mutantkind

mutantkind

English

Etymology

mutant +‎ -kind

Noun

mutantkind (uncountable)

1. (chiefly fiction) Mutants, collectively; the race of mutants.
   • 1997, Eluki Bes Shahar, Smoke and Mirrors (→ISBN):

     "Dr. Bocklin believes he's discovered what amounts to an on/off switch for human mutation, and current events lead me to believe that his discovery will have the direst consequences for mutantkind."

   • 2011, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, X-Men: Second Coming, Marvel Entertainment (→ISBN):

     With the members of their race slowly dying out and no new mutants being born, mutantkind was on the brink of extinction.

   • 2011, Ben Dyer, Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward (→ISBN):

     After all, doesn't Magneto just want to protect mutantkind, and isn't Ra's Al Ghul just trying to save the planet? Lex Luthor is just a frustrated humanist, and if he troubles himself to remember the names of his janitor's kids, he can't be all bad, [...]