About The Word Humanism
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Humanism
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What's The Definition Of Humanism?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Humanism: humanitarianism Related Terms | Find terms related to Humanism: 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 See Also | cultural movement | doctrine | ism | philosophy | school of thought Humanism In Webster's Dictionary \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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