Part 926

The humanifying of the divine Word.

H. B. Wilson.

Hu"man*ism (?), n. 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.

looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism.

T. Hardy.

2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.

Hu"man*ist, n. [Cf. F. humaniste.] 1. One of the scholars who in the field of literature proper represented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog.

2. One who pursues the study of the humanities, or polite literature.

3. One versed in knowledge of human nature.

Hu`man*is"tic (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird.

2. Pertaining to polite literature. M. Arnold.

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an (?), a. 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.

3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an, n. [From Humanity.] 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.

3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent]

Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an*ism (?), n. 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.

Hu`ma*ni"tian (?), n. A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Hu*man"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Humanities (#). [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanitÈ. See Human.] 1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

2. Mankind collectively; the human race.

But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity.

Wordsworth.

It is a debt we owe to humanity.

S. S. Smith.

3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." Locke.

4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.