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humanism

/hyoo-muh-niz-uhm or, often, yoo-/US // ˈhyu məˌnɪz əm or, often, ˈyu- //UK // (ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm) //

人文主义,人道主义,人本主义,人文精神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
    • : devotion to or study of the humanities.
    • : the studies, principles, or culture of the humanists.
    • : Philosophy. a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.

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Examples

  • It was the ultimate guarantor of the humanism he advanced against Nazism.

  • For religious parents concerned that teaching humanism to kids might turn them into psychopaths, this is a very gentle book.

  • These, he insisted, were harbingers of the twin plagues of socialism and secular humanism.

  • Gloria Steinem famously said that feminism is, at its core, humanism.

  • Our vehement prejudices leave us no patience for his appeal to radical humanism.

  • There are two radical differences between Humanism and Christianity.

  • Humanism concerns itself solely with Man, so that Man is its first and last care.

  • Even Chaucer is not so complete in his humanism, his love of all sorts and conditions of men.

  • It is only possible for the rational gospel of humanism, the great religion of natural sympathy, to heal the breach.

  • The opponents of humanism are wrong to combat antiquity as well; for in antiquity they have a strong ally.