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Humanist vs Philanthropist - What's the difference?

humanist | philanthropist |

As nouns the difference between humanist and philanthropist

is that humanist is a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities while philanthropist is a person who loves humankind in general.

As an adjective humanist

is relating to humanism or the humanities.

humanist

English

(wikipedia humanist)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities
  • a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism
  • (historical) In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • relating to humanism or the humanities
  • (typography, of a typeface) Resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.

    • Antonyms

    * nonhumanist ----

    philanthropist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who loves humankind in general.
  • A very generous person or institution.

    • Antonyms

    * misanthropist

    See also

    * altruist * altruism (strong like of human race) * misanthropy (hatred of human race) * misanthropic * misanthropist * misandry (hatred of males) * misogyny (hatred of females) * philanthropy * philanthropic (loving human race) * philandry (love of males) * philogyny (love of females)