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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective humanistic has 4 senses
- humanistic(a = adj.pert) humanist - 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"
- humanistic(a = adj.pert) humanist - of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism; "the humanistic revival of learning" Derived form noun humanism3
- humanistic(a = adj.pert) humane, humanist - pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
- humanistic(s = adj.all) human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanitarian - 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" Derived form noun humanism1
CIDE DICTIONARY
humanistic, a.
- Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird. [1913 Webster]
- Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
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