humanist

/'hju:mənist/
Adjective
  1. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
    • a humane physician
    • released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons
    • respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species
  2. pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
    • humanistic studies
    • a humane education
  3. 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. of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
    • the humanistic revival of learning
Noun
  1. an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
  2. a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

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A humanist scholar reads a book in a quiet library.