humanist

See also: Humanist

English

Etymology

From Middle French humaniste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɪst/
  • IPA^(key): [ˈhçuːmənɪst], [ˈçuːmənɪst]

Noun

humanist (plural humanists)

1. A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities
2. A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
3. (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics

Translations

proponent of the group of ethical stances

• Armenian: հումանիստ (hy) (humanist)
• Catalan: humanista m or f
• Czech: humanista m
• Danish: humanist c
• Dutch: humanist (nl) m
• French: humaniste (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ჰუმანისტი m (humanisṭi)
• German: Humanist (de) m, Humanistin f
• Greek: ανθρωπιστής (el) (anthropistís)
• Hindi: मानववादी m (mānavvādī)
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• Hungarian: humanista (hu)
• Italian: umanista (it) m or f
• Latvian: humānists m, humāniste f
• Polish: humanista (pl) m
• Portuguese: humanista (pt) m or f
• Russian: гумани́ст (ru) m (gumaníst)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonnaire m
• Spanish: humanista (es) m or f
• Swedish: humanist (sv) c

Adjective

humanist (not comparable)

1. Relating to humanism or the humanities.
2. (typography, of a typeface) Resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

Antonyms

• nonhumanist

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Danish

Noun

humanist c (singular definite humanisten, plural indefinite humanister)

1. humanist

Declension

Declension of humanist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	humanist	humanisten	humanister	humanisterne
genitive	humanists	humanistens	humanisters	humanisternes

Related terms

• humanisme

References

• “humanist” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

humanist m (plural humanisten, diminutive humanistje n)

1. humanist