humanism
hu·ma·nism
noun
2.
the doctrine emphasizing a person''s capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
3.
the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies
Origin
From human + -ism, borrowed from German Humanismus, coined by Friedrich Immanuel Niethammer in 1808.
Phrases
- Age of Reason
- New Humanism
- religious humanism
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