humanist
pronunciation
How to pronounce humanist in British English:
UK [ˈhju:mənɪst]
How to pronounce humanist in American English:
US [ˈhjumənɪst]
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- Noun:
- a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
- an advocate of the principles of humanism
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
- of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
- pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
- marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
Word Origin
- humanist (n.)
- 1580s, "student of the classical humanities," from Middle French humaniste (16c.), formed on model of Italian umanista "student of human affairs or human nature," coined by Italian poet Lodovicio Ariosto (1474-1533), from Latin humanus âhumanâ (see human; also see humanism). Philosophical sense is from 1903.
Example
- 1. As an ardent humanist , he took an active and outspoken stance on the significant political and social issues of his time .
- 2. The dutch humanist erasmus taught at the university ; mercator , the flemish cartographer who projected the globe , learnt maths there .
- 3. And it seems the more isolated he felt in the military - he wore custom dog tags that said " humanist , " and friends said he kept a toy fairy wand on his desk in iraq - the more he clung to his hacker friends .
- 4. The scholarly german appeared to be the ideal choice to shore up an ancient ideal of a christian , humanist europe against the challenges posed by secularism .
- 5. If we still have our humanist values we will try to restructure these sectors to make capitalism work well again to guard better against reckless disregard of uncertainty in the financial sector while reviving innovativeness in business .