Word before "nature" or "being" (5)

I believe the answer is:

human

(Other definitions for human that I've seen before include "Like people" , "Genial, kind" , "Relating to people" , "Anthropoid" , "Relating to mankind" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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