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humanism (mass) | humanism
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Humanism (gcide) | Humanism \Hu"man*ism\ (h[=u]"man*[i^]z'm), n.
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
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[She] looked almost like a being who had rejected
with indifference the attitude of sex for the
loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy.
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2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
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3. A doctrine or ethical point of view that emphasizes the
dignity and worth of individual people, rejects claims of
supernatural influences on humans, and stresses the need
for people to achieve improvement of society and
self-fulfillment through reason and to develop
human-oriented ethical values without theism.
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humanism (wn) | humanism
n 1: the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
[syn: humanitarianism, humanism]
2: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-
realization through reason; rejects religion and the
supernatural [syn: humanism, secular humanism]
3: the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical
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