WordWeb Online

1. The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
   - humanitarianism
    
2. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
   - secular humanism
    
3. The cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical studies

Derived forms: humanisms

See also: humanist, humanistic

Type of: cultural movement, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Humanism