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Meanings of secular humanism in English

Russian
светский гуманизм
Portuguese
humanismo laico
Spanish
humanismo secular
Catalan
humanisme secular
Wikidata

Non-religious variant of humanism.

Related terms
светский гуманизм
Portuguese
humanismo
Catalan
humanisme

The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural.

humanismo
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Examples for "humanism"
Examples for "humanism"
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Just one problem with your muscular humanism there-thatsecond ship wasn't Martian.
Broken angels
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SOME weeks ago I suggested that humanitarianism and humanism are religions apart.
The Irish Times
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The Rabbinical students themselves were the first representatives of humanism in Lithuania.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)
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Far from being 'New Learning', humanism represented a refocusing of old learning.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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The rapid rise of humanism had aided in producing this national self-consciousness.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
Usage of secular humanism in English
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And here is the true site of Christianity's confrontation with secular humanism.
The Guardian
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And yet it also has been the worst of liberal Christian causes -because it overlaps with secular humanism.
The Guardian
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I feel tempted all the time-notso much by a cult to Baal, but by the lure of secular humanism.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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It was for this reason that I replied to Father Faul's unjustified attack on secular humanism (Opinion, December 1st).
The Irish Times