Definition of "humanism" []

• A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth. (noun)
• Concern with the interests, needs, and welfare of humans: "the newest flower on the vine of corporate humanism” ( Savvy). (noun)
• Medicine The concept that concern for human interests, values, and dignity is of the utmost importance to the care of the sick. (noun)
• The study of the humanities; learning in the liberal arts. (noun)
• A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. (noun)

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• "If "humanism" is what you are looking for, only Christ is the revelation of what humanity is (18), a passage indebted to Pope John Paul II's 1979 letter Redemptor Hominis"
• "Ms. GODDARD: I got interested in humanism and nonreligious ethics when I was a kid, also like Mark, in Catholic school."
• "Whether you call it humanism, marxism, socialism or communism, it is bad for liberty."