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 hu·man·ism /ˈhjuməˌnɪzəm, ˈju-/
 人性,人文主義,人道

 Hu·man·ism n.
 1. Human nature or disposition; humanity.
    [She] looked almost like a being who had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism.   --T. Hardy.
 2. The study of the humanities; polite learning.
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 humanism
      n 1: the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
           [syn: humanitarianism]
      2: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for
         self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the
         supernatural [syn: secular humanism]
      3: the cultural movement of the Renaissance; based on classical
         studies