humanism
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"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
But his morality is not guided by ethics, humanism or respect for the common good.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
At its best, “The Innocents of Florence” is an example of a complicated humanism: An empathetic study of the perpetual interplay between good intentions, human frailties and imperfect outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
“To divorce sexuality from humanism and personality is a mistake,” the late therapist Joy Browne, who then hosted a San Francisco radio show, told Newsweek in 1982.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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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The Enlightenment
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