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Humanistic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion.
2.
Pertaining to polite literature.
3.
Of, related to, or adhering to, humanism (4); humanitarian (2).





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"Humanistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... special, featherweight gloves, he reminded himself that, if he was aging prematurely, it was nobody's fault but his own. No other man or woman approaching qualification for the job would have taken it—only a sentimental, humanistic fool ...
— It's All Yours • Sam Merwin
... and provincialisms. But I am at a loss to perceive how Burton's method of translation should be less applicable to the Arabian Nights than to the Lusiad. So far as I can judge, it is better suited to the naivete combined with stylistic subtlety of the former than to the smooth humanistic ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... size, small but clear type, and low price. This was not primarily a commercial venture like the cheap texts of the classics issued in the nineteenth century by Teubner and other German publishers, but resembled rather in its broad humanistic spirit such a recent enterprise as the Loeb Classical Library. The purpose in each case was to revive and encourage the reading of the classics not alone by schoolboys but by men of all ages and ...
— Printing and the Renaissance - A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York • John Rothwell Slater


Words linked to "Humanistic" :   humane, human-centered, humanistic discipline, humanism, human-centred, humanist


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