Meaning of HUMANISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'hyoomu`nizum
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- [n] the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
- [n] the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
- [n] the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
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| | Synonyms: | | humanitarianism |
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| | See Also: | | cultural movement, doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought | |
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| | Definition: | | Humanism
What is a humanist? After an introduction to the earliest ideas of, and terms for, humanism in the ancient world, noted humanist Nicolas Walter explores the history of humanism and its evolving definitions from the time of the original appearance and first meanings of humanist in the Italian Renaissance, concluding with a manifesto of modern humanism. Drawing on personal experience and information from more than 400 sources, this is the first full-length treatment of the subject. more details ... |
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| | Definition: | | \Hu"man*ism\, n.
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
[She] looked almost like a being who had rejected
with indifference the attitude of sex for the
loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy.
2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
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| | Related Terms: | | anthroposophy, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, Christian humanism, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness, eruditeness, erudition, free thought, freethinking, humanistic scholarship, integral humanism, intellectualism, intellectuality, latitudinarianism, learnedness, letters, literacy, naturalistic humanism, new humanism, pedantism, pedantry, reading, Religious Humanism, scholarship, secular humanism |
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