Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humanist

/ˈhjuːmənɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man-ist
IPA: /ˈhjuːmənɪst/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.

noun

A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.

noun

In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.

noun

A secularist, especially an agnostic or atheist.

adj

Relating to humanism or the humanities.

adj

Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

Example Sentences

"Religious Census Figures Challenged by Humanists"
"Humanists do not believe in a God who gives us moral codes; nor do they believe in an afterlife, in which the good will go to heaven and the bad to hell."

Etymology

From Middle French humaniste.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: humaniste

Inflected Forms

humanists (plural)

Derived Forms

antihumanist humanistic neohumanist posthumanist

Phrases

humanist minuscule religious humanist

Synonyms

humanitarian human-centered human-centred humanistic humane

Antonyms

nonhumanist

Questions

How do you pronounce humanist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhjuːmənɪst/.
What does humanist mean?: A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
Where does humanist come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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