humanist

Adjective

• marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
  • a humane physician
    
  • released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons
    
  • respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species
    

• pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
  • humanistic studies
    
  • a humane education
    

• of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
  • the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution- Wendell Thomas
    

• of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
  • the humanistic revival of learning
    

Noun

• an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans

• a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  human-centered , human-centred , humanistic , humanitarian , humane