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Definition: Humanism |
HumanismNoun1. The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare. 2. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural. 3. The cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "humanism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1907. (references) |
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Health | An ethical system which emphasizes human values and the personal worth of each individual, as well as concern for the dignity and freedom of humankind. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Humanism or Renaissance humanism is the cultural movement in Europe during the Middle Ages and the renaissance, that revived the language (in particular the Greek language), science and poetry of classical antiquity (mainly Ancient Greece).To a certain extent, this could include an orientation toward antique value systems and deviation from the prevailing Christian doctrine. From this comes the second meaning of the word.
A person primarily studying languages related to classical antiquity, such as Greek or Latin, and the art, literature and poetry of this epoch may sometimes be called a humanist and the main area of concern for these people is then referred to as humanities.
Humanism -- the Humanist Doctrine
Humanism is a doctrine, attitude, or way of life centered on human interests or values, stressing an individual's dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason and other human skills. It usually rejects supernaturalism, but some religious people consider themselves humanists.
See also: Rationalist, Universism, Secular humanism, Religious (spiritual) humanism, New Humanism, Transhumanism
List of Humanists
- Erasmus
- Julius Caesar Scaliger
- Michel de Montaigne
External links
- http://www.jcn.com/humanism.html
- International Humanist and Ethical Union
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Humanistic education is an alternative approach to education based on the principles of Humanism, most notably Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the work of Carl Rogers. The whole person, not just the intellect, is engaged in the growth and development that are the signs of real learning. The emotions, the social being, the mind, and the skills needed for a career direction are all focuses of humanistic education. Schools based on Humanistic education include Summerhill School in Leiston, Suffolk; Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts; and the New School in Montreal, Quebec.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Humanistic education."
Synonym: HumanismSynonym: humanitarianism (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Humanism |
| English words defined with "humanism": humanist, humanistic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Humanism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (humanism). |
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Economic History | Lithuania | The 16th century saw a more rapid development of agriculture, growth of towns, spread of ideas of humanism and the Reformation, book printing, the emergence of Vilnius University in 1579 and the Lithuanian Codes of Law (the Statutes of Lithuania) which stimulated the development of culture both in Lithuania and in neighboring countries. (references) |
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| "Humanism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Humanism" is used about 165 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 165 | 24,305 |
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Ending with "humanism": anti-humanism. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "humanism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | humanizëm (humanity), shkenca humane (art), kulturë letrare. (various references) | |
Arabic | حركة إنسانية, الخيرية محبة الخير العام. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хуманизъм. (various references) | |
Chinese | 人"主義 , 人"主义 (humanitarian). (various references) | |
Czech | humanismus. (various references) | |
Farsi | نوع دوستی , علوم انسانی , انسانگراءی , ادبیات وفرهنگ , دلبستگی به مساءل مربوطبنوع بشر. (various references) | |
Finnish | humanismi. (various references) | |
French | humanisme. (various references) | |
German | humanismus. (various references) | |
Greek | ανθρωπισμόσ (humanity). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ומ יות, "ומ יסם. (various references) | |
Hungarian | humanizmus (new learning). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kemanusiaan (humanity). (various references) | |
Italian | umanesimo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 人"主義 (humanitarianism), 人類愛 (love for humanity), 人本主義 (humanitarianism), 人性 (human nature, humanity, instinct), 人文主義 , 'ドロ シ類 (CHI, close call, fuse, fuse cock, HE, hearing, heuristic, Hewlett, Hewlett Packard, Hilbert, hill, hill climb, hillbilly music, Himalaya, Houston, HP, HR, human, human assessment, human document, human ecology, human engineering, human interest, human interface, human relations, humanist, humanistic, humanity, humanization, humanlike, humanoid, hut, hydrozoan, hypochondria, interview, listening comprehension, near miss, public hearing). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | 'ューマニズ , じ"ぽ"しゅぎ (humanitarianism), じ"ぶ"しゅぎ, じ"どうしゅぎ (humanitarianism), じ"せい (benevolent rule, human nature, humanity, instinct, life, this world), じ"るいあい (love for humanity). (various references) | |
Manx | sheelnauederys. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umanismhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | humanismo. (various references) | |
Romanian | umanism. (various references) | |
Russian | гуманизм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | humanizam, ljudska priroda. (various references) | |
Spanish | humanismo. (various references) | |
Swedish | humanitet (humanity), humanism, mänsklighet (human race, humanity, mankind). (various references) | |
Thai | มนุษยนิยม. (various references) | |
Turkish | hümanizm, insancılık. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гуманізм. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chủ nghĩa nhân đạo chủ nghĩa nhân văn. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "humanism": humanisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "humanism": antihumanism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "humanism": antihumanisms. (additional references) | |
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"Humanism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Huamani, humaines, humainism, humanis, Humanisme, humanizm, humanus, hummanism, hunanism, jumani. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "humanism" (pronounced hyuw"muni'zum) |
| 7 | -m u n i' z u m | determinism, feminism. |
| 6 | -u n i' z u m | abolitionism, agrarianism, anachronism, antagonism, authoritarianism, mechanism, microorganism, obstructionism, organism, paganism, parkinsonism, perfectionism, protectionism, puritanism, chauvinism, communism, creationism, egalitarianism, expansionism, expressionism, hedonism, hooliganism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, isolationism, lesbianism, republicanism, revisionism, satanism, sectarianism, tokenism, totalitarianism, unionism, vegetarianism. |
| 5 | -n i' z u m | modernism, monism, opportunism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, aneurism, animism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, militarism, minimalism, monasticism, monetarism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, optimism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, parallelism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, helotism, heroism, hypnotism, idealism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, Irredentism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, recidivism, relativism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tourism, truism, vandalism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-m-n-s-u" | |
-2 letters: animus, humans, imaums. | |
-3 letters: amins, human, imams, imaum, maims, mains, manus, miasm, minas, minus, munis, summa, unais. | |
-4 letters: aims, ains, amin, amis, amus, anis, anus, hams, hins, hisn, hums, huns, imam, maim, main, mans, mash, maun, mina, mums, muni, muns, mush, nims, sain, sham, shim, shin, shun, sima, sinh, unai. | |
-5 letters: aim, ain, ais. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-m-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: humanisms. | |
+2 letters: harmoniums. | |
+3 letters: monochasium. | |
+4 letters: antihumanism. | |
+5 letters: antihumanisms, ombudsmanship. | |
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