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Webster 1913 Edition

Humanist

Hu′man-ist

(hū′man-ĭst)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
humaniste
.]
1.
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.
Schaff-Herzog.
2.
One who pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature.
3.
One versed in knowledge of human nature.

Webster 1828 Edition

Humanist

HU'MANIST

,
Noun.
A professor of grammar and rhetoric; a philologist; a term used in the universities of Scotland.
1.
One versed in the knowledge of human nature.

Definition 2024

Humanist

Humanist

See also: humanist

German

Noun

Humanist m ‎(genitive Humanisten, plural Humanisten)

  1. humanist

humanist

humanist

See also: Humanist

English

Noun

humanist ‎(plural humanists)

  1. a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities
  2. a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
  3. (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics

Translations

Adjective

humanist ‎(not comparable)

  1. relating to humanism or the humanities
  2. (typography, of a typeface) Resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

Antonyms

Danish

Noun

humanist c (singular definite humanisten, plural indefinite humanister)

  1. humanist

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Pronunciation

Noun

humanist m ‎(plural humanisten, diminutive humanistje n)

  1. humanist

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