humanist
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- noun
- /ˈhjuːmənɪst/
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humanista
- During the Renaissance, many scholars embraced the ideals of humanism, seeking to revive classical literature and philosophy.
- Renaissance humanists
- Humanist Manifesto
- editor of the Humanist
Examples
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Every ancient source cited in this article was available to early Italian humanists in either Italian, Latin, or Greek editions.
Academic text (1995) -
Also of interest to Renaissance humanists were Roman writings on engineering, governmental administration, and other forms of technology.
Academic text (1990) -
In fact, very few traditional humanists would call their source material data.
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It's also not how many of the humanists of the past saw their work.
Blog text (8) -
But the work of humanists, though less measurable, is no less important.
Academic text (1990) -
In contrast, his British spymaster, Blair, is a humanist with an Oxford B.A. in classics.
Academic text (1999) -
Therefore, the first humanists were classicists, lovers, and scholars of classical literature.
Academic text (1990) -
The question of nobility in the blood versus nobility from virtue was a hot issue among Renaissance humanists.
Academic text (2012) -
One of the individuals who rallied to Luther's cause was a young German humanist named Ulrich von Hutton.
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This is the distinguished Italian humanist Angelo Kanini's effort to sort out the different forms of Aramaic and of Syriac.
Synonyms
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A person, often a child, who learns from a teacher
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A person who studies ancient Greek and Latin language, writings, and culture
A scholar who studies old languages and books like Latin or Greek
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Humanist comes from the old Latin word humanus, meaning 'human', and from humanitas, meaning 'human culture' or 'learning'. In the Renaissance, scholars used these ideas to show they studied the languages, literature, and life of people, so a humanist became a scholar of the humanities.