Meanings
comparative more humanistic · superlative most humanistic
- Of or pertaining to humanism.
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?
1985, J. G. Thirlwell, “Descent into the Inferno”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel1 more example
“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.
2022 December 6, Stephen Marche, quoting Steve Jobs, “The College Essay Is Dead”, in The Atlantic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
adjectiveof or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
adjectivemarked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan humanístic
- humanísticof or pertaining to humanism
Czech humanistický
- humanistickýof or pertaining to humanism
Danish humanistisk
- humanistiskof or pertaining to humanism
Dutch humanistisch
- humanistischof or pertaining to humanism
Finnish humanistinen
- humanistinenof or pertaining to humanism
German humanistisch
- humanistischof or pertaining to humanism
Greek ανθρωπιστικός
- ανθρωπιστικός (anthropistikós)of or pertaining to humanism
Hungarian humanisztikus
- humanisztikusof or pertaining to humanism
Italian umanistico
- umanisticoof or pertaining to humanism
Latvian humānistisks
- humānistisksof or pertaining to humanism
Norwegian Bokmål humanistisk
- humanistiskof or pertaining to humanism
Polish humanistyczny
- humanistycznyof or pertaining to humanism
Portuguese humanístico
- humanísticoof or pertaining to humanism
Russian гуманисти́ческий
- гуманисти́ческий (gumanistíčeskij)of or pertaining to humanism
Spanish humanístico
- humanísticoof or pertaining to humanism
Swedish humanistisk
- humanistiskof or pertaining to humanism
Tagalog makaturuangtao
- makaturuangtaoof or pertaining to humanism
Ukrainian гуманісти́чний
- гуманісти́чний (humanistýčnyj)of or pertaining to humanism
Cite this entry
humanistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanistic
“humanistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humanistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humanistic.
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