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Vinony

humanist

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L337414 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. occupation
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːmənɪst/ / [ˈhçuːmənɪst] / [ˈçuːmənɪst]

adj

Etymology: From Middle French humaniste.

  1. Relating to humanism or the humanities.
  2. Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

noun

Etymology: From Middle French humaniste.

  1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
  2. A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
  3. In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
  4. A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.

    “Religious Census Figures Challenged by Humanists”

    “Humanists do not believe in a God who gives us moral codes; nor do they believe in an afterlife, in which the good will go to heaven and the bad to hell.”