secular humanism

1. 1.

   the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural

   Synonymshumanism

   Broaderdoctrine

Questions about secular humanism

What does secular humanism mean?

secular humanism means "the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural".

What is another word for secular humanism?

Close synonyms include humanism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is secular humanism a common word?

secular humanism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.