- any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- devotion to or study of the humanities.
- the studies, principles, or culture of the humanists.
- a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.
- the denial of any power or moral value superior to that of humanity; the rejection of religion in favour of a belief in the advancement of humanity by its own efforts
- a philosophical position that stresses the autonomy of human reason in contradistinction to the authority of the Church
- a cultural movement of the Renaissance, based on classical studies
- interest in the welfare of people
