Hominism

Quick meaning: Hominism is a noun meaning An aggressive and utilitarian stance toward the world, characterized by anthropocentrism and cold objectivity.

Meaning

An aggressive and utilitarian stance toward the world, characterized by anthropocentrism and cold objectivity.

More Meanings

1. Secular humanism; A form of humanism with no concept of or reference to God, often associated with feminism.
2. A biblically-based love of humanity, as opposed to secular humanism.
3. An entirely human world-view, with no elements that do not reflect human senses and experience, especially with the belief that this is all human beings are capable of.

Example Sentences

He makes a distinction which goes beyond semantics as he compares humanism and hominism.

For this reason hominism stands so bluntly against the old and new dogmatic materialism and mechanism.

Humanism needs the Christian faith lest it reduce man to a thing and become what MacGregor calls hominism.

The ultimate achievement of hominism is the totalitarian ideologies and corresponding to these, socio-political systems which destroy humanistic values.

Word Forms

• hominisms
• homonism

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