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say it: HYOO-muh-nist
humanist is an adjective and noun meaning "of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism". It is pronounced /ˈhjumənɪst/ — HYOO-muh-nist. It carries 6 recorded senses.
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
“the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution”
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
“humanistic studies”
“a humane education”
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
“a humane physician”
“released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons”
“respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species”
Canada · United Kingdom
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for humanist come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.