[lit-ideas] Re: Anti-Humanism & Its Enemies
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:34:41 -0500
One may infer from combining "humanist" with "anti." Just so.
Main Entry: 1hu·man·ist
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: probably from Middle French humaniste, from Latin humanus +
Middle French -iste -ist
1 a : a person who pursues the study of the humanities <accused by
humanists of having an exclusive interest in social sciences -- Publ's
Mod. Lang. Association of American> <called for a greater understanding
between scientists and humanists -- Science> b : an adherent or
practitioner of Renaissance humanism ; specifically : a Renaissance
scholar devoting himself to the study of classical letters
2 : a person who is devoted to human welfare : one who is marked by a
strong interest in or concern for man : HUMANITARIAN <a humanist, a
lover of all sorts of people -- Yale Review> <a humanist, who felt
deeply about inequality ... wherever he saw it -- Max Lerner>
3 a often capitalized : a person who subscribes to the doctrines of
scientific humanism ; specifically : a member of a religious society or
cult subscribing to such doctrines b : a person who subscribes to a form
of philosophical humanism c : NEW HUMANIST
*And to up the ante there's "anti-"
Main Entry: 1an·ti-
Function: prefix
Etymology: anti- from Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old
French, from Latin, against, from Greek, from anti; ant- from Middle
English, from Latin, against, from Greek, from anti; anth- from Latin,
against, from Greek, from anti
1 a : one opposing the claims of : rival : spurious <antichrist>
<antiking> <antipope> b : of the same kind but situated opposite,
exerting energy in the opposite direction, or pursuing an opposite
policy <antapex> <antarctic> <anticline> <antischool> <antivolition> c :
one that is opposite in kind to <anticlimax> <antihero> <antireligion>
-- anti- before consonants other than h and sometimes ant- before vowels
and anth- before h (which is not repeated), but more frequently anti-
even before h or a vowel
2 a : opposing or hostile to in opinion, sympathy, or practice
<anticapitalist> <antidemocratic> <antiromantic> <antislavery>
<antiunion> b : opposing in effect or activity : inhibiting : preventing
: counteracting <antacid> <anthelmintic> <antiaging> <anti-Comintern>
<antienzyme> <antifat> <antifogging> <anti-inflationary> <antislip>
<antitrust>
3 : not <antigrammatical> <antilogical>
4 : serving to prevent, cure, or alleviate (a pathological condition)
<antiarthritic> <antispasmodic>
5 a : opposing or neutralizing another substance <antibody> <antiserum>
b : substance that opposes or neutralizes (another substance);
especially : substance that is an antibody to (a specified antigen)
<antitoxin>
6 : combating : destroying : defending against <antiaircraft> <antimine>
<antitank>
7 anti- : TRANS- 3 -- especially in names of chemical structures in
which the opposed atoms or groups are attached to carbon-to-nitrogen or
nitrogen-to-nitrogen double bonds <sodium anti-benzene-diazoate> --
opposed to syn-; see BENZALDOXIME
________Citations format for these entries________
"humanist." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Nov. 2007)
"anti-." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (17 Nov. 2007).
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