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antihumanism en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + humanism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Opposition to humanism.
   • In his frigid antihumanism, Sorokin parts company with Russian satirists like Gogol, Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha and, more recently, Viktor Pelevin. 2007 April 15, Ken Kalfus, “They Had a Hammer”, in New York Times:
   • Thus the field moved beyond its early antihumanism, upgrading drivers from unthinking particles to individuals with agendas (and car phones, and tempers, and fast food banquets spread out on the dashboard). 1994 November 11, David Kestenbaum, “Highway to Hell”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

Relateds

inhumanism

Translations (6)

cmn 反人文主義 /反人文主义 (opposition to humanism) · pl antyhumanizm (opposition to humanism) · tr antihümanizm (opposition to humanism) · pt anti-humanismo (opposition to humanism) · ko 반인문주의 (opposition to humanism) · uk антигуманізм (opposition to humanism)