say it: hyoo-muh-NI-stik
humanistic is an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion". It carries 4 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”
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Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for humanistic 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.