| 单词 | humanist |
| 释义 | humanist (once / 5490 pages) 1nadj 2nadj Do you prefer humans to gods or animals? Well, perhaps you’re a budding humanist, someone who wants the best for humankind. A humanist is also a scholar of the classics and liberal arts. The word humanist comes from the Renaissance, by way of an Italian poet, Lodovico Ariosto. It started out as a name for a scholar of classical Greek and Latin literature. It still describes someone who studies liberal arts, or humanities, but now a humanist is also someone who’s especially interested in what's good for humanity. Humanists want everyone to have enough food, shelter, and dignity. WORD FAMILYhumanist: humanists+/dehumanise: dehumanisation, dehumanised, dehumanising/dehumanize: dehumanization, dehumanized, dehumanizes, dehumanizing/human: humanise, humanism, humanity, humanize, humanlike, humanly, humanness, humans, inhuman, nonhuman, subhuman, superhuman, unhuman/humanise: dehumanise, humanisation, humanised, humanises, humanising/humanism: humanist, humanistic/humanistic: humanistically/humanitarian: humanitarianism, humanitarians/humanity: humanitarian, humanities/humanize: dehumanize, humanization, humanized, humanizes, humanizing/inhuman: inhumanity, inhumanly/inhumanity: inhumanities/superhuman: superhumanly/unhuman: unhumanly USAGE EXAMPLESBut Marc Riboud, a giant of humanist photography, did so with stylish ease. Time(Dec 30, 2016) It hardly sounds like a universal cipher, the kind of humanist tale that attracts readers over time. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The appeal was brought by the American Humanist Association after a U.S. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) 1 1n an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans Syn|Hyper humanitarian advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea 2adj marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare 2Syn human-centered, human-centred, humanistic, humanitarian humane marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering 1n a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts Exp|Hypo|Hyper Desiderius Erasmus Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536) Frederick James FurnivallEnglish philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910) Baron Karl Wilhelm von HumboldtGerman philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835) Benjamin JowettEnglish classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893) Friedrich Max MullerBritish philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900) Sir James Augustus Henry MurrayScottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) George Gilbert Aime MurphyBritish classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957) Rasmus Christian RaskDanish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) Walter William SkeatEnglish philologist (1835-1912) John Ronald Reuel TolkienBritish philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973) Karl Adolph VernerDanish philologist (1846-1896) Friedrich August WolfGerman classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824) classical scholar, classicist a student of ancient Greek and Latin man of lettersa man devoted to literary or scholarly activities philologist, philologuea humanist specializing in classical scholarship Latinista specialist in the Latin language bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines 2adj 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 Syn humanistic 3adj of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism Syn humanistic 4adj pertaining to or concerned with the humanities Syn humane, humanistic |
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