Thesaurus: humanism

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1. n. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
2. n. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
3. n. the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
4. n. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
5. n. the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
6. 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy. 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
7. n:100 n. the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural n. the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies