humanistic

English

Etymology

From humanist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

humanistic (comparative more humanistic, superlative most humanistic)

1. Of or pertaining to humanism.
   • 1985, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Descent into the Inferno”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:

     I recognize thee, Satan, and I spit in thine face
     Whatever happened to the human race?
     What happened to the humanistic faith?
     What happens to human waste?

   • 2022 December 6, Stephen Marche, quoting Steve Jobs, “The College Essay Is Dead”, in The Atlantic‎:

     “The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.” Apple is a humanistic tech company. It’s also the largest company in the world.

Translations

of or pertaining to humanism

Asturian: humanísticu Belarusian: гуманісты́чны (humanistýčny) Catalan: humanístic Czech: humanistický Danish: humanistisk Dutch: humanistisch (nl) German: humanistisch (de) Greek: ανθρωπιστικός (el) (anthropistikós) Hungarian: humanisztikus (hu) Italian: umanistico (it) Latvian: humānistisks Norwegian: Bokmål: humanistisk Nynorsk: humanistisk Polish: humanistyczny (pl) Russian: гуманисти́ческий (ru) (gumanistíčeskij) Spanish: humanístico Swedish: humanistisk (sv) Tagalog: makaturuangtao Ukrainian: гуманісти́чний (humanistýčnyj)