Definitions for humanist

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humanist hu·man·ist

Spelling: [hyoo-muh-nist or, often, yoo-]

IPA: /ˈhyu mə nɪst or, often, ˈyu-/

Humanist is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 372 anagrams from letters in humanist (ahimnstu).

Definitions for humanist

noun

1. a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
2. a person devoted to or versed in the humanities.
3. a student of human nature or affairs.
4. a classical scholar.
5. (sometimes initial capital letter) any one of the scholars of the Renaissance who pursued and disseminated the study and understanding of the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece, and emphasized secular, individualistic, and critical thought.
6. (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who follows a form of philosophical or scientific humanism.

adjective

1. of or relating to human affairs, nature, welfare, or values:
2. (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to the humanities or classical scholarship, especially that of the Renaissance humanists:
3. of or relating to philosophical or scientific humanism:

Origin of humanist

1585-95; Middle French, French humaniste “classics scholar, classicist” See human, -ist

Examples for humanist

Of the part that memory plays in the education of our humanist, I need not speak.

“There should be humanist alternatives to church in basic training,” he said.

But if the religious Zionist youth movements are any indication, those values will be anything but universal or humanist.

Exactly what do you imply when you call the humanist Party a group of feminists?

So not only would I consider myself a feminist, but I would consider myself a humanist.

Once, the humanist idea used to animate the very core of the university.

Reuchlin may properly be called the first great German humanist.

The cause of the Germans was defended by the humanist H. Bebel.

“You almost saw a humanist as well as an absolute demonic side,” she says now.

From 1550 to 1554 he was a humanist without discretion or reserve.