- a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- a person devoted to or versed in the humanities.
- a student of human nature or affairs.
- a classical scholar.
- any one of the scholars of the Renaissance who pursued and disseminated the study and understanding of the cultures of ancient Rome and Greece, and emphasized secular, individualistic, and critical thought.
- a person who follows a form of philosophical or scientific humanism.
- of or relating to human affairs, nature, welfare, or values: our humanist principles; a humanist approach to social reform.
- of or relating to the humanities or classical scholarship, especially that of the Renaissance humanists: humanist studies; the Humanist ideology of Petrarch.
- of or relating to philosophical or scientific humanism: a humanist philosophy that clashed with his parents’ religious beliefs.
