humanist

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   pertaining to or concerned with the humanities

   humanistic studies

2. 2
   adj

   of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism

   the humanistic revival of learning

3. 3
   adj

   of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion

   the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution- Wendell Thomas

4. 4
   noun

   A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.

   Religious Census Figures Challenged by Humanists

5. 5
   adj

   marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare

6. 6
   noun

   a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

7. 7
   noun

   an advocate of the principles of humanism

8. 8
   noun

   A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.

Etymology

From Middle French humaniste.