humānisms

See also: humanisms

Latvian

Etymology

From humāns (“humane, compassionate”) +‎ -isms. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another Europen language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

humānisms m (1st declension)

1. (philosophy) humanism (belief system characterized by tolerance, concern for human welfare, and the concept of human dignity)

   humānisma idejas ― the ideas of humanism

   humānisma tēma literatūrā ― the topic of humanism in literature

   abstraktais humānisms ― abstract humanism

   humānisma krīze ― crisis of humanism

   dziļa cilvēcība nekad nav savienojama ar uzspēli, pozu, dziļš humānisms parasti savienojas ar emociju godīgumu un atklātību ― deep compassion can never be united with playing, posturing; deep humanism usually combines with emotional honesty and openness

Declension

Declension of humānisms (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	humānisms	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	humānismu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	humānisma	—
dative (datīvs)	humānismam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	humānismu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	humānismā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	humānism	—

Related terms

• humāns, humanitāte
• humānists, humāniste, humānistisks