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Meaning of "humanist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUMANIST

humanist  [ˈhjuːmənɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUMANIST

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Humanist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUMANIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Humanist

Humanist may refer to: ▪ A proponent or practitioner of humanism, which has several distinct senses, which are listed at Humanism ▪ A Renaissance Humanist or scholar in the Renaissance ▪ Humanist sans-serif, a classification of the sans-serif typeface ▪ Humanist, a class of typeface styles ▪ Humanist, an email discussion list on humanities computing, described as “an international online seminar on humanities computing and the digital humanities” ▪ The Humanist, a magazine published by the American Humanist Association ▪ Humanist, a magazine published by the Norwegian Humanist Association ▪ A scholar or academic in the Humanities ▪ Humanism...

Definition of humanist in the English dictionary

The first definition of humanist in the dictionary is a person who rejects religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts. Other definition of humanist is tashia person who has an interest in the welfare of people. Humanist is also a scholar in the Renaissance who devoted himself to classical studies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUMANIST


agonist
ˈæɡənɪst
antagonist
ænˈtæɡənɪst
Brahmanist
ˈbrɑːmənɪst
demonist
ˈdiːmənɪst
eudaemonist
juːˈdiːmənɪst
eudemonist
juːˈdiːmənɪst
exhibitionist
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪst
expressionist
ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪst
harmonist
ˈhɑːmənɪst
mammonist
ˈmæmənɪst
modernist
ˈmɒdənɪst
nutritionist
njuːˈtrɪʃənɪst
phillumenist
fɪˈljuːmənɪst
pianist
ˈpɪənɪst
protagonist
prəʊˈtæɡənɪst
receptionist
rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst
Romanist
ˈrəʊmənɪst
shamanist
ˈʃeɪmənɪst
simonist
ˈsaɪmənɪst
womanist
ˈwʊmənɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUMANIST

humane society
humane studies
humanely
humaneness
humanhood
humanisation
humanise
humaniser
humanism
humanistic
humanistic psychology
humanistically
humanitarian
humanitarianism
humanitarianist
humanities
humanity
humanization
humanize
humanizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUMANIST

accompanist
Africanist
Americanist
arcanist
botanist
communist
concert pianist
Confucianist
ethnobotanist
fortepianist
geobotanist
humanitarianist
mechanist
New Urbanist
onanist
organist
Satanist
stercoranist
tanist
timpanist
urbanist

Synonyms and antonyms of humanist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «humanist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUMANIST

Find out the translation of humanist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of humanist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «humanist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

以人为本
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

humanista
570 millions of speakers

English

humanist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानवतावादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انساني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гуманист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

humanista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানবতাবাদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humaniste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Humanis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Humanist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒューマニスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인본주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Humanist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

học sinh cổ điển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதநேயக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानवतावादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hümanist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

umanista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

humanista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гуманіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umanist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρωπιστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

humanis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

humanist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

humanist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of humanist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMANIST»

The term «humanist» is very widely used and occupies the 21.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUMANIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about humanist

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10 QUOTES WITH «HUMANIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word humanist.
1
Irving Babbitt
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.
2
Irving Babbitt
The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
3
Daniel Barenboim
Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.
4
Noam Chomsky
With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist message of the Enlightenment and the classical liberal ideals that were perverted into an ideology to sustain the emerging social order.
5
Christopher Dawson
Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one.
6
Christopher Dawson
The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
7
Chet Faker
I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.
8
George Grosz
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it.
9
Alan Lightman
As both a scientist and a humanist myself, I have struggled to understand different claims to knowledge, and I have eventually come to a formulation of the kind of religious belief that would, in my view, be compatible with science.
10
Lydia Lunch
I am a humanist not a feminist. There's a big difference.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUMANIST»

Discover the use of humanist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to humanist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
A non-religious, humanist reference draws on secular literature and philosophy from both Western and Eastern traditions to consider such topics as the origins of the world, how to relate to others, and how to appreciate life.
A.C. Grayling, 2011
2
Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age
Meditations for the humanist is a wide-ranging magnanimous inquiry into the philosophical and ethical questions that bear most strongly on the human condition.
A. C. Grayling, 2003
3
Humanist Educational Treatises
This volume provides new translations, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, of four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists efforts to reform medieval education.
‎2008
4
The Humanist Controversy and Other Writings (1966-67)
Presents previously untranslated texts by the influential philosopher and French Communist Party intellectual, including his critique of Lâevi-Strauss's structuralism, his theory of discourse and its relationship to psychoanalysis, ...
Louis Althusser, François Matheron, 2003
5
Elton Mayo: The Humanist Temper
The definitive biography of the life and work of Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is the first full, accurate account of the activities and intimate life of one of Australia and America's pioneering social scientists.
Richard C. S. Trahair
6
Humanist and Scholastic Poetics, 1250-1500
After two introductory chapters on the humanist and scholastic Aristotelian traditions, the author devotes thirteen chapters to the positions taken by various influential participants in the debates on Humanism versus Scholasticism.
Concetta Carestia Greenfield, 1981
7
An Atheism that Is Not Humanist Emerges in French Thought
French philosophy changed dramatically in the second quarter of the twentieth century.
Stefanos Geroulanos, 2010
8
Toward a Humanist Justice : The Political Philosophy of ...
This volume stems from a conference on Okin, and contains articles by some of the top feminist and political philosophers working today.
Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Ethics in Society Stanford University Debra Satz Marta Sutton Professor of Philosophy, Rob Reich Assistant Professor of Political Science Standord University, 2009
9
A Humanist Science: Values and Ideals in Social Inquiry
This work brings to light the value-centred nature of the social sciences.
Philip Selznick, 2008
10
Vittorino Da Feltre and Other Humanist Educators
Four short Latin treatises published between 1400 and 1460 define the humanist idea of education and form the heart of a book that has remained for almost seventy years the fundamental study of early Renaissance educational theory and ...
William Harrison Woodward, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUMANIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term humanist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mary Ellen Mark: Photographer and humanist - World Socialist Web …
Mary Ellen Mark: Photographer and humanist. By Seraphine Collins 16 July 2015. Renowned American photographer Mary Ellen Mark died on May 25, 2015, ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
2
Religion news: Lake Norman | The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte …
Sunday morning groups: Humanist discussion group, adult discussion group, and youth spiritual exploration meet at 9:45 a.m. most Sundays. «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
3
Biblical Morality Lesson for Unbelievers VBS #3 - Patheos
Editor's Note: How can you be moral without religion? This ex-pastor teaches us how translate Christian beliefs into humanist principles. «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
Ben-Gurion, with no questions asked - Books - Haaretz Daily …
This country needs, and from now on can be built by, a different Jewish people, a people that did not acquire the Hebrew and humanist ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
5
The best American film directors, from Robert Altman to Robert …
Gray might be American cinema's greatest living humanist. In films like The Immigrant and Two Lovers, he focuses on the most intimate of ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
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With three films — the landmark Apu Trilogy — the Indian filmmaker …
... like 1963's Mahanagar (The Big City) to humanist chamber dramas like Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), from musical fantasies like Goopy ... «Nashville Scene, Jul 15»
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Here are 3 awesome ways Satanists are trolling right-wing Christians
The entire “religion” is very tongue-in-cheek, a way to espouse humanist values while also poking fun at religion. But that's clearly not evident to ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
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From Miss Helen to humanist celebrant, much-loved TV star Helen …
She is now an independent humanist celebrant, performing funerals, child naming and marriages for those who have little faith in religion. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
The Pixar Theory of Labor - The Awl
an accurate depiction of life A lot of Pixar films come packaged with a quasi-humanist narrative hook that enables the public digestion of their ... «The Awl, Jul 15»
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Prayer, Bible distribution stopped in Mississippi school after …
The American Humanist Association's Appginani Humanist Legal Center filed its initial lawsuit against the district in April 2013. In November ... «gulflive.com, Jul 15»

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