Humanism — is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality. [ cite book title=Compact Oxford… … Wikipedia
Humanism — • The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin … Catholic encyclopedia
Humanism — Humanism was the principal intellectual movement of the European Renaissance; a humanist was a teacher or follower of humanism. In the simplest sense, the term humanism implies that a certain group of school subjects known since ancient times… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
humanism — Humanism is the view that human beings are of unique or supreme value. While the Renaissance s fascination with the human form and the glories of Greek and Roman civilisation reveals a humanistic impulse, modern humanism arose in the… … Christian Philosophy
humanism — index benevolence (disposition to do good) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
humanism — along with HUMANIST (Cf. humanist) used in a variety of philosophical and theological senses 16c. 18c., especially ones imitating L. humanitas education befitting a cultivated man. See HUMAN (Cf. human) + ISM (Cf. ism). Main modern sense in… … Etymology dictionary
humanism — ► NOUN 1) a rationalistic system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. 2) a Renaissance cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and … English terms dictionary
humanism — [hyo͞o′mə niz΄əm, yo͞o′mə niz΄əm] n. 1. the quality of being human; human nature 2. any system of thought or action based on the nature, interests, and ideals of humanity; specif., a modern, nontheistic, rationalist movement that holds that… … English World dictionary
humanism — /hyooh meuh niz euhm/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate. 2. devotion to or study of the humanities. 3. (sometimes cap.) the studies, principles, or culture… … Universalium
humanism — Synonyms and related words: Christian humanism, Religious Humanism, anthroposophy, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness,… … Moby Thesaurus
