humanism
noun
any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
humanistic
-
a word derived from
humanism.
Example Sentences
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Partisanship was in many ways alien to Cowley’s probing and genially learned critical temperament, which Mr. Howard describes as “Emersonian, humanistic, exploratory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In ‘Grand Union’ Zadie Smith serves up a provocative, deeply humanistic collection of stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Celebrities are offered an opportunity to promote their upcoming projects in a sensationalistic yet humanistic and, oftentimes, meme-worthy manner.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025
They’re humanistic, for want of a better word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
In 1630 Thomas Hobbes, who had received a conventional humanistic and scholastic education at Oxford, came across a copy of Euclid’s Elements ‘in a gentleman’s library’ in Geneva.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
