humanism

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɪz(ə)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhjumənɪz(ə)m/

Noun

humanism (usually uncountable, plural humanisms)

1. The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship. [from 19th c.]
2. (historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance. [from 19th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 575:

     There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.

3. An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition. [from 19th c.]
4. Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

Derived terms

• humanist
• humanistic
• religious humanism

Translations

historical revival of Classical culture

• Catalan: humanisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人文主義／人文主义 (zh) (rénwénzhǔyì)

• Czech: humanismus (cs) m, humanizmus (cs) m
• Dutch: humanisme (nl) n
• Finnish: humanismi (fi)
• French: humanisme (fr) m
• German: Humanismus (de) m
• Greek: ουμανισμός (el) m (oumanismós)
• Kazakh: гуманизм (gumanizm)
• Kyrgyz: адамчылдык (adamcıldık)
• Polish: humanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: humanismo (pt) m
• Romanian: umanism (ro) n
• Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
• Tagalog: palaturuangtao
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa nhân văn (主義人文), chủ nghĩa nhân bản

ethical system

• Albanian: humanizmi
• Alemannic German: humanismus
• Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة‎ f (ʔinsāniyya)
• Aragonese: umanismo m
• Armenian: հումանիզմ (hy) (humanizm)
• Bulgarian: хумани́зъм (bg) m (humanízǎm)
• Catalan: humanisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人文主義／人文主义 (zh) (rénwénzhǔyì)

• Czech: humanismus (cs) m, humanizmus (cs) m
• Danish: humanisme (da)
• Dutch: humanisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: homismo
• Estonian: humanism (et)
• Finnish: humanismi (fi)
• French: humanisme (fr) m
• Friulian: umanisim
• Galician: humanismo m
• German: Humanismus (de) m
• Greek: ανθρωπισμός (el) m (anthropismós)
• Hebrew: הומניזם‎ (he)
• Hindi: मानवतावाद m (mānavtāvād)
• Hungarian: humanizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: húmanismi m
• Indonesian: humanisme (id)
• Interlingua: humanismo
• Italian: umanesimo (it) m
• Japanese: ヒューマニズム (hyūmanizumu), 人文主義 (じんぶんしゅぎ, jinbunshugi)
• Javanese: humanisme
• Kazakh: адамгершілік (adamgerşılık)
• Korean: 인문주의(人文主義) (ko) (inmunjuui)
• Kyrgyz: адамчылдык (adamcıldık)
• Latin: humanismus m
• Latvian: humānisms m
• Lithuanian: humanizmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: хуманизам (humanizam)
• Malayalam: മാനവതാവാദം (mānavatāvādaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: humanisme m

  Nynorsk: humanisme m

• Occitan: umanisme
• Persian: اومانیسم‎ (fa)
• Polish: humanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: humanismo (pt) m
• Romanian: umanism (ro)
• Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
• Scots: humanism
• Scottish Gaelic: daonnaireachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хуманизам m

  Roman: humanizam (sh) m

• Slovak: humanizmus
• Slovene: humanizem
• Spanish: humanismo (es) m
• Swedish: humanism (sv)
• Tagalog: palaturuangtao
• Tamil: மனிதநேயம் (ta) (maṉitanēyam)
• Thai: ลัทธิมนุษยนิยม (lát-tí má-nút-ní-yom), มนุษยนิยม
• Turkish: hümanizm (tr)
• Ukrainian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
• Uzbek: gumanizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhân văn chủ nghỉa (人文主義)
• Welsh: dyneiddiaeth

humanitarianism

• Belarusian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
• Bulgarian: хумани́зъм (bg) m (humanízǎm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人道主義／人道主义 (zh) (réndàozhǔyì)

• Dutch: menslievendheid (nl)
• Finnish: humanismi (fi), humanitarismi
• French: humanisme (fr) m
• German: Humanität (de) f, Menschlichkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: humanizmus (hu)
• Japanese: 人道主義 (ja) (じんどうしゅぎ, jindōshugi)
• Kazakh: адамгершілік (adamgerşılık)
• Korean: 인도주의(人道主義) (ko) (indojuui)
• Kyrgyz: адамгерчилик (ky) (adamgercilik)
• Polish: humanizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: humanitarismo m
• Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonnaireachd f
• Ukrainian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa nhân đạo (主義人道)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} umanesimo (it) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} humanismo (es) m

Further reading

• Humanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Renaissance humanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia