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humanist   (TTS Sound)

The noun humanist has 2 senses

• humanist -- (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)


• humanist, humanitarian -- (an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans)

The adj humanist has 4 senses

• humanistic, humanist -- (of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning")


• humanist, humanistic -- (of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas)


• humanist, humanistic, humane -- (pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education")


• human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian -- (marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species")