humanist

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhjuːmənɪst/
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/ˈhjuːmənɪst/ · [ˈhçuːmənɪst] · [ˈçuːmənɪst]

Definition of humanist

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
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noun

  1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
  2. A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
  3. (historical)In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
  4. A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.
    “Religious Census Figures Challenged by Humanists”
    “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.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to humanism or the humanities.
  2. (not-comparable)Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

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Etymology

From Middle French humaniste.

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