human being

(eg. tone, flower, solace )

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(n) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

For unhappy airline passengers, finding a live human being to complain to is getting increasingly hard.
His extraordinary success is more than enough to make him respected, but he adds to that a genuineness as a human being that makes him as easy to like as he is to admire.
The Catholic view is based on a general respect for all human life, but it does not depend exclusively on the belief that a separate human being appears at the instant of conception.