adj
Meaning 1
Relating to humanism or the humanities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanitarian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
humanist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanitarian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 7
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- humanistic studies
- a humane education
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanistic, humane
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the humanistic revival of learning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanistic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion- Wendell Thomas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanistic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a humane physician
- released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons
- respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
Narrower terms: classicist, classical scholar, man of letters, philologist, philologue, Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts
noun
Meaning 12
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanitarian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
History
Etymology
From Middle French humaniste.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: humanista — Translations
- Armenian: հումանիստ (humanist) — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Catalan: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Czech: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Danish: humanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Dutch: humanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- French: humaniste — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Georgian: ჰუმანისტი (humanisṭi) — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- German: Humanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- German: Humanistin — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Greek: ανθρωπιστής (anthropistís) — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Hindi: मानववादी (mānavvādī) — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Hungarian: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Italian: umanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Latvian: humānists — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Latvian: humāniste — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Polish: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Portuguese: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Romanian: umanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Russian: гумани́ст (gumaníst) — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Scottish Gaelic: daonnaire — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Slovak: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Spanish: humanista — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Swedish: humanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Turkish: hümanist — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
- Turkish: insancıl — person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
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