Usually means: Philosophy valuing human welfare, potential.
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  1. humanism: Merriam-Webster
  2. Humanism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. humanism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. humanism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. humanism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Humanism, humanism: Wordnik
  7. humanism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. humanism: Wiktionary
  9. humanism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. humanism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. humanism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Humanism, humanism: Dictionary.com
  13. humanism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. humanism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Humanism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Humanism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. humanism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. humanism: Rhymezone
  19. Humanism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. humanism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. humanism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. humanism: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  24. humanism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  25. humanism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. humanism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. humanism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. Humanism: Eastern Philosophy
  4. The Ism Book (No longer online)
  5. Humanism: Literary Terms

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  1. humanism: Legal dictionary

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  1. humanism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
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  4. humanism: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. Humanism: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  2. Humanism: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
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  2. humanism: Anthropological Terms
  3. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. Humanism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
noun:  (historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.
noun:  An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.
noun:  Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

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