How to Use humanism in a Sentence

humanism

noun

• And that’s the basic premise of a movement known as humanism.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 20 Oct. 2024
• Yet the humanism of that idea is so complicated by the ending.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
• His images of them are quick and loose, the full energy and humanism of the music seized within the frame.
  — Max Lakin, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2021
• Who benefits from the promotion of myth as the means of achieving true humanism, and at what cost to whom?
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Merkel’s decision not to close Germany’s borders to a huge wave of refugees was an act of humanism.
  — Constanze Stelzenmüller, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
• The liberalism that came after humanism may be what keeps his memory alive and draws us to him.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
• This movie quietly evokes the quirky humanism of early Jonathan Demme — go see it!
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2023
• Their answers contrasted in ways large and small, but each reached for some form of what used to be called Christian humanism.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• Most movies that aspire to humanism of that kind inevitably will be constrained by the need for commercial success.
  — Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
• His work is singular for the warmth and humanism of his approach to minimalism.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2023
• The humanism that makes Reid such a hit on the podium works behind closed doors, too, in relating to players.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
• For Lincoln, the debates became the venue for the full expression of his humanism.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• Those are my ideal stories — from a place of fantasy and humanism and magic, and the wonder of being a kid.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
• At the same time, there’s hopefully enough empathetic humanism to offset all the acid.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 11 June 2025
• Yet humanism has been seen in some quarters as unfashionable, or unachievable, or both.
  — Sarah Bakewell, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• Its overly poetic, quasi-humanism about the gamut of life from birth to death seems more official than universal.
  — Armond White, National Review, 16 June 2021
• Her humanism is Scrapper’s best, most distinctive quality — the source of its wit.
  — Armond White, National Review, 30 Aug. 2023
• The political upheavals of that decade called into question every humanism, old and new.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• In the unpicking of these fantasies, Hendren’s humanism shines.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2020
• Under market humanism, the questions change.
  — Nick Hanauer, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
• Chay Yew directs this world premiere with a warmth and generosity that matches the humanism and balance of the script.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• For these reasons, a defense of reason, science, and humanism is timely and important.
  — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2019
• Now those who believe in humanism and those who defend liberal democracy have to come forward with a true global vision.
  — Elif Shafak, Quartz, 6 Aug. 2019
• That’s why, in comparison with the sequel, the original comes off as a work of warmhearted humanism.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
• Over the past 30 years, Darnielle has used the Mountain Goats to expound a sort of small-scale, lo-fi humanism.
  — Robert Rubsam, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
• There was an opening with humanism and with these wealthy patrons, but also there was a huge sense of (them) pushing each other and competing with each other.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
• For all her sophisticated humanism, Le Guin could also be an awful lot of fun.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Jay Tolson considers humanism in a post-humanist age.
  — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
• Jay Tolson considers humanism in a post-humanist age.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
• Christian humanism offers an urgent corrective to those who equate Christian success with the seizure of power.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026