humanism

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -ism, borrowed from German Humanismus, coined by Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer in 1808.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɪz(ə)m/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhjumənɪz(ə)m/

Noun

humanism (usually uncountable, plural humanisms)

The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship. [from 19th c.]
(historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance. [from 19th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 575:
  There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.
An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition. [from 19th c.]
Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

Derived terms

Translations

historical revival of Classical culture

Catalan: humanisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人文主義 / 人文主义 (zh) (rénwénzhǔyì)
Czech: humanismus (cs) m, humanizmus (cs) m
Dutch: humanisme (nl) n
Finnish: humanismi (fi)
French: humanisme (fr) m
German: Humanismus (de) m
Greek: ουμανισμός (el) m (oumanismós)
Kazakh: гуманизм (gumanizm)
Kyrgyz: адамчылдык (adamcıldık)
Polish: humanizm (pl) m
Portuguese: humanismo (pt) m
Romanian: umanism (ro) n
Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
Tagalog: palaturuangtao
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa nhân văn (主義人文), chủ nghĩa nhân bản

ethical system

Albanian: humanizmi
Alemannic German: humanismus
Arabic: إِنْسَانِيَّة f (ʔinsāniyya)
Aragonese: umanismo m
Armenian: հումանիզմ (hy) (humanizm)
Bulgarian: хумани́зъм (bg) m (humanízǎm)
Catalan: humanisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人文主義 / 人文主义 (zh) (rénwénzhǔyì)
Czech: humanismus (cs) m, humanizmus (cs) m
Danish: humanisme (da)
Dutch: humanisme (nl) n
Esperanto: homismo
Estonian: humanism (et)
Finnish: humanismi (fi)
French: humanisme (fr) m
Friulian: umanisim
Galician: humanismo m
German: Humanismus (de) m
Greek: ανθρωπισμός (el) m (anthropismós)
Hebrew: הומניזם (he)
Hindi: मानवतावाद m (mānavtāvād)
Hungarian: humanizmus (hu)
Icelandic: húmanismi m
Indonesian: humanisme (id)
Interlingua: humanismo
Italian: umanesimo (it) m
Japanese: ヒューマニズム (ja) (hyūmanizumu), 人文主義 (ja) (じんぶんしゅぎ, jinbunshugi)
Javanese: humanisme
Kazakh: адамгершілік (adamgerşılık)
Korean: 인문주의(人文主義) (ko) (inmunjuui)
Kyrgyz: адамчылдык (adamcıldık)
Latin: humanismus m
Latvian: humānisms m
Lithuanian: humanizmas (lt) m
Macedonian: хуманизам (humanizam)
Malayalam: മാനവതാവാദം (mānavatāvādaṁ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: humanisme m

Nynorsk: humanisme m
Occitan: umanisme
Persian: اومانیسم (fa)
Polish: humanizm (pl) m
Portuguese: humanismo (pt) m
Romanian: umanism (ro)
Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
Scots: humanism
Scottish Gaelic: daonnaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хуманизам m

Roman: humanizam (sh) m
Slovak: humanizmus
Slovene: humanizem
Spanish: humanismo (es) m
Swedish: humanism (sv)
Tagalog: palaturuangtao
Tamil: மனிதநேயம் (ta) (maṉitanēyam)
Thai: ลัทธิมนุษยนิยม (lát-tí má-nút-ní-yom), มนุษยนิยม
Turkish: hümanizm (tr)
Ukrainian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
Uzbek: gumanizm (uz)
Vietnamese: nhân văn chủ nghỉa (人文主義)
Welsh: dyneiddiaeth

humanitarianism

Belarusian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
Bulgarian: хумани́зъм (bg) m (humanízǎm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 人道主義 / 人道主义 (zh) (réndàozhǔyì)
Dutch: menslievendheid (nl)
Finnish: humanismi (fi), humanitarismi
French: humanisme (fr) m
German: Humanität (de) f, Menschlichkeit (de) f
Hungarian: humanizmus (hu)
Japanese: 人道主義 (ja) (じんどうしゅぎ, jindōshugi)
Kazakh: адамгершілік (adamgerşılık)
Korean: 인도주의(人道主義) (ko) (indojuui)
Kyrgyz: адамгерчилик (ky) (adamgercilik)
Polish: humanizm (pl) m
Portuguese: humanitarismo m
Russian: гумани́зм (ru) m (gumanízm)
Scottish Gaelic: daonnaireachd f
Ukrainian: гумані́зм m (humanízm)
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa nhân đạo (主義人道)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} umanesimo (it) m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} humanismo (es) m