Humanist

['hjuːmənɪst] or ['hjʊmənɪst]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts.

(noun.) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.

(adj.) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; 'humanistic studies'; 'a humane education' .

(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 .

編輯:奥尔加--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title.

(n.) One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

(n.) One versed in knowledge of human nature.

錄入:基思

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Student of polite literature.

整理:罗德尼

解釋/意思:

n. a student of polite literature: at the Renaissance a student of Greek and Roman literature: a student of human nature.—n. Hū′manism polite learning literary culture: any system which puts human interests paramount.—adj. Humanist′ic.

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