humanist adj

1 of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning" [syn: humanistic]

2 of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas [syn: humanistic]

3 pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education" [syn: humanistic, humane]

4 marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species" [syn: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian]

1 a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

2 an advocate of the principles of humanism

English

Etymology

• human + -ist

Pronunciation

• (Canada) /ˈhjuːmənɪst/

Noun

1. In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics
2. a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities
3. a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism

Translations

Adjective

humanist

1. relating to humanism or the humanities

Humanist may refer to:

• a scholar or academic in the Humanities
• a figure in the European intellectual movement known as Renaissance Humanism
• a proponent of the group of ethical stances referred to as Humanism
• a proponent and/or followeror of Radical humanism as propounded by Manabendra Nath Roy
• a life stance Humanism (life stance)
• a member of the Humanist Movement
• a practitioner of Humanistic psychology
• a long-running email discussion list on humanities computing
• in the VOX-ATypI classification of typography, a group of sans-serif typefaces with some calligraphic features

academician, bookman, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, esprit fort, freethinker, genius, giant of learning, latitudinarian, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, mine of information, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, polyhistor, polymath, pundit, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, secular humanist, student, walking encyclopedia