Humanism

What do we mean by humanism?

A system of thought that focuses on humans and their values, capacities, and worth. noun

A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized human potential to attain excellence and promoted direct study of the literature, art, and civilization of classical Greece and Rome. noun

The study of the humanities; learning in the liberal arts. noun

Secular humanism. noun

Concern with the interests, needs, and welfare of humans. noun

The body of opinions which characterized those scholars who, in the early sixteenth century, decried the medieval theology and logic and sought inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman sources, and in particular objected to the use in Latin, which was then the common language of philosophy and science, of any words not found in the writings of the early Latin writer Cicero. noun

Since 1903, the doctrine that there is no absolute being or absolute truth not relative to human faculties and needs. noun

Human nature or character; humanity. noun

A system or mode of thought in which human interests predominate, or any purely human element is made prominent. noun

The subjects of study called the humanities; hence, polite learning in general; literary culture; especially, in the revival of learning in the middle ages, the intelligent and appreciative study of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew letters, which was introduced by Petrarch in Italy, and spread thence throughout Europe. noun

Human nature or disposition; humanity. noun

The study of the humanities; polite learning. noun

A doctrine or ethical point of view that emphasizes the dignity and worth of individual people, rejects claims of supernatural influences on humans, and stresses the need for people to achieve improvement of society and self-fulfillment through reason and to develop human-oriented ethical values without theism. noun

Humanitarianism, philanthropy. noun

The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural noun

The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare noun

The cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies noun

The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.

(often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.

An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.

Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

Words that are spelled similarly to humanism:
humanism, humanist, humanise, humanity, humans, shamanism, humanize, manism, luminism, romanism, humanics, uranism, humanises, putanism, humanists, humorism, juanism, humism, humanus, humanify, humanest, humanised, womanism, humanisme, humanas.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word humanism:
humanist, existentialism, secularism, petrarch, rationalism, atheism, naturalism, sartre, humanistic, rationalist, erasmus, enlightenment, secular, marxism, renaissance, ethical, liberalism, manifesto, atheist, romanticism, reformation, unitarian, marxist, aspirations, spirituality, feminism, philosophical, stance, dignity, humanity, tolerance, religion, ethics, rhetoric, morality, fifteenth, inquiry, antiquity, philosophy, philosopher, nationalism, intellectual, moral, ideology, socialism, christianity, essays, rational, classical, democracy, writings, integral, notion, religious, beliefs, belief, medieval, protestant, spiritual, equality, commitment, criticism, harmony, doctrine, human, poets, ideas, thinking, literary, emphasis, centuries, ideal, scholars, poems, perspective, literature, faith, florence, byzantine, declaration, principles, theology, values, movement, scientific, authors, christian, expression, influenced, freedom, importance, themes, concepts, concern, evolution, bible, radical, theories, scholarship, universal.

Words that rhyme with humanism:
fascism, aphorism, euphemism, recidivism, altruism, nihilism, nepotism, plagiarism, socialism, anachronism, mechanism, racism, narcissism, optimism, schism, criticism, chism, prism, metabolism, atheism, terrorism, autism, cronyism, organism, cynicism, populism, hedonism, capitalism, nationalism, feminism, communism, pragmatism, parallelism, animism, ism, mysticism, chauvinism, catechism, imperialism, journalism, despotism, patriotism, materialism, consumerism, stoicism, pluralism, skepticism, embolism, gnosticism, empiricism, magnetism, professionalism, dynamism, mercantilism, feudalism, astigmatism, tourism, mannerism, antagonism, secularism, pessimism, liberalism, judaism, rheumatism, chisum, paternalism, egalitarianism, fatalism, nativism, aneurism, activism, dualism, zionism, positivism, absolutism, totalitarianism, determinism, favoritism, federalism, botulism, egotism, egoism, symbolism, evangelism, individualism, surrealism, alcoholism, colonialism, modernism, collectivism, naturalism, statism, darwinism, romanticism, legalism, elitism, relativism, parochialism, heroism, conservatism.

Adjectives that are often used to describe humanism:
secular, christian, new, liberal, civic, italian, scientific, classical, modern, religious, socialist, western, anti, true, marxist, universal, radical, german, european, traditional, integral, atheistic, century, democratic, english, naturalistic, bourgeois, ethical, greek, rational, genuine, northern, literary, french, contemporary, confucian, critical, philosophical, african, revolutionary, existential, broad, erasmian, spiritual, biblical, evolutionary, deep, abstract, florentine, chinese, profound, optimistic, pure, romantic, anthropocentric, enlightened, neo, metaphysical, medieval, aesthetic, theoretical, pagan, essential, pragmatic, authentic, roman, theological, idealistic, militant, theistic, spanish, islamic, ecological, called, tragic, musical, sentimental, cosmic, devout.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective humanism:
antinomy, dialogue, debate, the, antimony.

Words that sound like humanism:
humanism, humanizing, humorism, illuminism, heathenism, humanist, humanize, humanized, ecumenism, humanised, humanisation, humanizer, comunism, mammonism, romanism, brahmanism, humanization, dehumanising, human form, humanity, humans, humanists, hellenism, humanus, human action.