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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

humanistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌhjuːməˈnɪ.stɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree English humanist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English humanistic From humanist + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to humanism.
    • “The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.” Apple is a humanistic tech company. It’s also the largest company in the world. 2022 December 6, Stephen Marche, quoting Steve Jobs, “The College Essay Is Dead”, in The Atlantic:
    • I recognize thee, Satan, and I spit in thine face Whatever happened to the human race? What happened to the humanistic faith? What happens to human waste? 1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Descent into the Inferno”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:

Forms

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most humanistic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more humanistic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

neohumanistic · antihumanistic · unhumanistic · sociohumanistic · nonhumanistic · humanistically

Translations (24)

nb humanistisk (of or pertaining to humanism) · gl humanístico (of or pertaining to humanism) · it umanistico (of or pertaining to humanism) · cs humanistický (of or pertaining to humanism) · hu humanisztikus (of or pertaining to humanism) · lv humānistisks (of or pertaining to humanism) · ca humanístic (of or pertaining to humanism) · be гуманісты́чны (of or pertaining to humanism) · el ανθρωπιστικός (of or pertaining to humanism) · ast humanísticu (of or pertaining to humanism) · da humanistisk (of or pertaining to humanism) · ru гуманисти́ческий (of or pertaining to humanism) · tl makaturuangtao (of or pertaining to humanism) · de humanistisch (of or pertaining to humanism) · es humanístico (of or pertaining to humanism) · pt humanístico (of or pertaining to humanism) · pl humanistyczny (of or pertaining to humanism) · uk гуманісти́чний (of or pertaining to humanism) · nn humanistisk (of or pertaining to humanism) · nl humanistisch (of or pertaining to humanism) · fi humanistinen (of or pertaining to humanism) · ka ჰუმანისტური (of or pertaining to humanism) · sv humanistisk (of or pertaining to humanism) · kk гуманистік (of or pertaining to humanism)