variants
or antihumanist
: someone who opposes or rejects the beliefs, principles, or assumptions of humanism
Anti-humanists are not necessarily against human beings; they merely assert that a humanistic conception of life is untenable and may be morally dangerous.—
William Schweiker
William Schweiker
anti-humanist
adjective
or antihumanist
… the desire to rescue the concept of agency from the anti-humanist assaults of poststructuralism …
—Deborah Klein
Deborah Klein
anti-humanistic
adjective
or antihumanistic
The result is a situation in which even vibrant and worldly artists like Rubens are made over in the sniggering, neurotic image of contemporary anti-humanistic pedantry.
—Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball
anti-humanism
noun
or antihumanism
In his frigid antihumanism, Sorokin parts company with Russian satirists like Gogol, Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha and, more recently, Viktor Pelevin.
—Ken Kalfus
Ken Kalfus
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“Anti-humanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-humanist. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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