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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HUMANISM is a 8 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | humanitarianism |
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| | See Also: | | cultural movement, doctrine, ism, philosophy, school of thought | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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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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