humanism
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He is a filmmaker with an abiding humanism, evidently flummoxed in the face of the nonhuman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Women can bring more humanism," said the Chilean ex-president Bachelet, who is also a former UN rights chief.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Divided into three sections hinged together by a through-line of humanism, Elizabeth Alexander reminds the reader that Jordan “was a prolific poet whose lyrical voice linked political struggle with an ethic of love.”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
Playwrights and directors have a duty to guide audiences through the brave new technological world that is overturning many of the bedrock assumptions of humanism since the Renaissance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
Only such real, meaningful actions as those which are sincerely motivated from a deep sense of humanism and moral responsibility can get at the basic causes that produce the racial explosions in America today.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing humanism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Introductory
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The Enlightenment
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