humanist

From Middle French humaniste.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɪst/

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  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈhçuːmənɪst], [ˈçuːmənɪst]

humanist (plural humanists)

1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
2. A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.

   Synonym: (historical) humanitarian

3. (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
4. A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.
   • 1957, The Churchman:

     Religious Census Figures Challenged by Humanists

   • 2004, Robert A. Bowie, Ethical Studies, Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 168:

     Humanists do not believe in a God who gives us moral codes; nor do they believe in an afterlife, in which the good will go to heaven and the bad to hell.

humanist (not comparable)

1. Relating to humanism or the humanities.

   (relating to humanism): Synonym: (historical) humanitarian

2. (typography) Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

• nonhumanist

• “humanist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “humanist”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “humanist”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
• “humanist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• mithunas

humanist c (singular definite humanisten, plural indefinite humanister)

1. humanist

• humanisme

• “humanist” in Den Danske Ordbog

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humanist m (plural humanisten, diminutive humanistje n)

1. humanist

• → Indonesian: humanis