humanism
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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
It’s Lynch’s humanism that started those cars down all of those dark roads, in “Twin Peaks” and in the opening credits of “Lost Highway” and “Mulholland Drive.”
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2025
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
Reason, humanism and Enlightenment values had no function in the concentration camps, he argued.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
This new, irrepressible sound was the still, small voice of secular humanism.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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