0 a person who believes in humanism (= the idea that people do not need a god or religion to satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs): --
I respected him as a man of exceptional moral stature and a humanist.
She is a liberal and a humanist.
1 relating to or believing in humanism (= the idea that people do not need a god or religion to satisfy their spiritual and emotional needs): --
Both men come from a humanist tradition.