Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humanism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Humanism \Hu"man*ism\, n.
1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
[She] looked almost like a being who had rejected
with indifference the attitude of sex for the
loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy.
2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humanism
n 1: the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
[syn: {humanitarianism}]
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
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