HUMANISTS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

Example: a humane physician; released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons; respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective

pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

Example: humanistic studies; a humane education

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

Example: the humanistic revival of learning

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective

of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion

Example: the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

an advocate of the principles of humanism

Example: someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans