humanism
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- noun
- /ˈhjuːmənɪzəm/
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humanismo
- This core theme of Renaissance humanism came from what he learned in Avignon.
- Renaissance humanism
- secular humanism
Examples
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Many artists and thinkers of the Renaissance were influenced by humanism, as it focused on human potential.
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Renaissance humanism was shaking off the tyranny of ecclesiastical dictates.
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Renaissance humanism gave rise to a world centered on man instead of God.
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Now this is a remarkable leap even beyond the humanism of the Greeks, something brand new in the world.
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On the other hand, Renaissance humanism had close connections with medieval grammar and rhetoric.
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Like medieval Christianity, Renaissance humanism portrayed humans as the central fact in the universe.
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The current consensus seems to focus on the more-or-less simultaneous impact of Renaissance humanism, the voyages of discovery, and the Protestant Reformation.
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The perception intensified with the birth of modernity in its foundational movements: Renaissance humanism, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment.
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Greatly desired by a fledgling colony that, by mid-century, aspired to higher culture, humanism would launch the recently arrived Cervantes into the upper echelons of society.
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Tu Wei-ming, one of the foremost exponents of 'Classical Confucian Humanism' in the West, emphasizes its core belief in 'the perfectibility of human nature through self-effort.'
Academic text (2016)
Antonyms
Compounds
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A belief that people should use reason, not religion, to decide right and wrong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word humanism was also used for the Renaissance movement that put the study of ancient Greece and Rome and human talents first; it comes from humanus 'of people' and -ism 'belief', so this kind of humanism celebrated human art, learning and skill.