humanism
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The United States’ unique brand of humanism, with its emphasis on the individual and risk-taking, has shaped a form of free-market capitalism that continues to drive progress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Instead of exalting form over substance, courts should recognize the humanism of legal dilemmas and focus on it.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2024
In the more than four decades since Lennon’s death, Ono has continued to create works steeped in humanism and cries for peace.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
In one of his final roles, he’s a ball of uncertainty and vulnerability, giving Sterling a humanism that makes him easy to get behind, even when the bullets start flying.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
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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Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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