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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humanism \Hu"man*ism\, n. 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity. [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. --T. Hardy. 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: humanism n 1: the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare [syn: {humanitarianism}] 2: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural 3: the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
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