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单词 humanist
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Definition of humanist in English:

humanist

noun ˈhjuːmənɪstˈ(h)jumənəst
  • 1An advocate or follower of the principles of humanism.

    efforts by secular humanists to oppose creationists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most secularists and humanists believe strongly in freedom of religion and belief as long as religion remains a private matter.
    • The young radical humanist became a revolutionary socialist.
    • The author stresses the manner in which Orwell wanted to be optimistic about how humans could alter their circumstances — a proper humanist imperative if you like.
    • He is a secular humanist, but also a deeply spiritual thinker.
    • Sure, secular humanists may dominate academe.
    • The government says atheists and humanists will also be protected under new discrimination legislation.
    • I would classify myself as both a humanist and a secularist.
    • Last year, the field published several landmark texts that humanists hope will form the basis of new courses that will attract newcomers to the field.
    • In 2000, he was the only known secular humanist to have been a viable candidate for a seat.
    • He can at times sound rather more discomfortingly like a radical humanist.
    1. 1.1 A member of the Renaissance cultural movement of humanism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Renaissance collectors sought not only to depict humanists as heirs of the classical past, but also to ensure that portraits perpetuated the memory of famous figures.
      • The success of the humanists fostered a palpable sense of the difference between fifteenth- and sixteenth-century attitudes toward cultural inheritance and earlier attitudes.
      • The figure of the circle that delineates the library was seen by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century humanists as an essential aspect of the encyclopedia.
      • He was one of the Roman humanists who took a delight in conversing in the language of Horace and Virgil, of Cicero and Martial for its own sake.
      • The demise of the original macaronic verse is due precisely to the success of the Italian humanists in their philological recuperation of classical Latin.
      • The movement endured into the Roman era, was revived by humanists during the Renaissance, and was espoused by the philosophes during the Enlightenment.
      • In the refined civilization that was the Renaissance, the humanists believed they were the ancients reincarnate.
      • Renaissance humanists were collectors of the art of the classical past.
      • These scholars fashioned themselves humanists and engaged in an immense undertaking to understand, translate, publish, and teach the texts of the past.
      • Between 1250 and the early sixteenth century, Italian and north European humanists developed a Latin style consciously modelled on that of Roman antiquity and distinct from the styles employed in the universities and chanceries.
adjective ˈhjuːmənɪstˈ(h)jumənəst
  • 1Relating to or supporting the principles of humanism.

    humanist philosophers
    a humanist funeral
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The humanist notion symbolizes for me our basic human needs and personal achievements.
    • When the bill was laid before parliament, numerous figures from the media and entertainment industries, and the human rights and humanist lobbies, condemned the legislation as an attack on free speech.
    • It was a marquee affair and would be a humanist ceremony.
    • He attempts to present a world view in which humans are not central and which argues against the humanist belief in progress.
    • He was cremated after a humanist ceremony.
    • His novel is underpinned by an implicit liberal humanist argument.
    • For secular humanism, this should be a wake-up call, and a reminder of the days when humanist organisations fought for the right to publish uncensored information in the public interest.
    • The texts examined in this book struggle to resist the "tenacious hold of the liberal humanist notion of self."
    • I became accredited to conduct humanist funerals.
    • She makes humanist documentaries of uncommon intelligence and wit.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of the Renaissance humanists.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dramatic performance and rhetoric were taught at Oxford and Cambridge as part of a classical humanist education.
      • In literature, the Renaissance was led by humanist scholars and poets, notably Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio in Italy.
      • Rising humanist interest accompanied the more widespread collection, discussion, and depiction of ancient works of art.
      • This book remains an invaluable source of humanist erudition, but failed to convey the intellectual and visual excitement experienced by the discoverers and adapters of that knowledge.
      • Humanist scholars took great pains to study the texts of the ancient world, not just to "harvest" the virtuous life of classical man, but to learn classical Greek and Latin.
      • He produced title pages and book illustrations for humanist texts, and antique imagery and classical lore pervade his early work.
      • The Renaissance humanist view saw Gothic as anti-classical.
      • His connection with humanist circles in Vienna led him to explore in music the metres of classical poetry.
      • This introduction makes a direct connection between the intent of the collection and the humanist dream of resurrecting and applying the past.
      • In spite of some of the obscure, antiquarian concerns of humanist engagement with the music of the classical past, the impact of humanism itself should not be underestimated.

Definition of humanist in US English:

humanist

nounˈ(h)yo͞omənəstˈ(h)jumənəst
  • 1An advocate or follower of the principles of humanism.

    efforts by secular humanists to oppose creationists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is a secular humanist, but also a deeply spiritual thinker.
    • I would classify myself as both a humanist and a secularist.
    • He can at times sound rather more discomfortingly like a radical humanist.
    • The young radical humanist became a revolutionary socialist.
    • In 2000, he was the only known secular humanist to have been a viable candidate for a seat.
    • Most secularists and humanists believe strongly in freedom of religion and belief as long as religion remains a private matter.
    • Last year, the field published several landmark texts that humanists hope will form the basis of new courses that will attract newcomers to the field.
    • The government says atheists and humanists will also be protected under new discrimination legislation.
    • Sure, secular humanists may dominate academe.
    • The author stresses the manner in which Orwell wanted to be optimistic about how humans could alter their circumstances — a proper humanist imperative if you like.
    1. 1.1 A member of the Renaissance cultural movement of humanism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The demise of the original macaronic verse is due precisely to the success of the Italian humanists in their philological recuperation of classical Latin.
      • The success of the humanists fostered a palpable sense of the difference between fifteenth- and sixteenth-century attitudes toward cultural inheritance and earlier attitudes.
      • Renaissance collectors sought not only to depict humanists as heirs of the classical past, but also to ensure that portraits perpetuated the memory of famous figures.
      • The movement endured into the Roman era, was revived by humanists during the Renaissance, and was espoused by the philosophes during the Enlightenment.
      • He was one of the Roman humanists who took a delight in conversing in the language of Horace and Virgil, of Cicero and Martial for its own sake.
      • Between 1250 and the early sixteenth century, Italian and north European humanists developed a Latin style consciously modelled on that of Roman antiquity and distinct from the styles employed in the universities and chanceries.
      • Renaissance humanists were collectors of the art of the classical past.
      • These scholars fashioned themselves humanists and engaged in an immense undertaking to understand, translate, publish, and teach the texts of the past.
      • The figure of the circle that delineates the library was seen by fifteenth- and sixteenth-century humanists as an essential aspect of the encyclopedia.
      • In the refined civilization that was the Renaissance, the humanists believed they were the ancients reincarnate.
adjectiveˈ(h)yo͞omənəstˈ(h)jumənəst
  • 1Relating to or supporting the principles of humanism.

    humanist philosophers
    a humanist funeral
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The humanist notion symbolizes for me our basic human needs and personal achievements.
    • He was cremated after a humanist ceremony.
    • For secular humanism, this should be a wake-up call, and a reminder of the days when humanist organisations fought for the right to publish uncensored information in the public interest.
    • She makes humanist documentaries of uncommon intelligence and wit.
    • He attempts to present a world view in which humans are not central and which argues against the humanist belief in progress.
    • When the bill was laid before parliament, numerous figures from the media and entertainment industries, and the human rights and humanist lobbies, condemned the legislation as an attack on free speech.
    • It was a marquee affair and would be a humanist ceremony.
    • The texts examined in this book struggle to resist the "tenacious hold of the liberal humanist notion of self."
    • His novel is underpinned by an implicit liberal humanist argument.
    • I became accredited to conduct humanist funerals.
    1. 1.1 Relating to or characteristic of the Renaissance humanists.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Renaissance humanist view saw Gothic as anti-classical.
      • He produced title pages and book illustrations for humanist texts, and antique imagery and classical lore pervade his early work.
      • In literature, the Renaissance was led by humanist scholars and poets, notably Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio in Italy.
      • Humanist scholars took great pains to study the texts of the ancient world, not just to "harvest" the virtuous life of classical man, but to learn classical Greek and Latin.
      • Rising humanist interest accompanied the more widespread collection, discussion, and depiction of ancient works of art.
      • This book remains an invaluable source of humanist erudition, but failed to convey the intellectual and visual excitement experienced by the discoverers and adapters of that knowledge.
      • His connection with humanist circles in Vienna led him to explore in music the metres of classical poetry.
      • This introduction makes a direct connection between the intent of the collection and the humanist dream of resurrecting and applying the past.
      • In spite of some of the obscure, antiquarian concerns of humanist engagement with the music of the classical past, the impact of humanism itself should not be underestimated.
      • Dramatic performance and rhetoric were taught at Oxford and Cambridge as part of a classical humanist education.
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