humanist

noun
/ˈhjuːmənɪst//ˈhçuːmənɪst/CA

Etymology

From Middle French humaniste.

  1. derived from humaniste

Definitions

  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. + 3 more definitions
    1. 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.
    2. Relating to humanism or the humanities.

    3. Of a typeface

      Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA