Meaning

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; - Wendell Thomas

adjective of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

adjective pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

originEtymology tree English humanist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humanistic From humanist + -ic.

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