Dictionary Entry
humanist
humanist is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses
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- 1noun
One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.
- 2noun
One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
- 3noun
One versed in knowledge of human nature.
- 4noun
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
- 5noun
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
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- 6adjective
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
"a humane physician"
"released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"
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- 7adjective
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
"humanistic studies"
"a humane education"
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- 8adjective
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
"the humanistic revival of learning"
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- 9adjective
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion- Wendell Thomas
"the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"
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