any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
Origin:
1980–85
secular humanism. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secular humanism (accessed: May 04, 2009).
Secular Humanism
n.
An outlook or philosophy that advocates human rather than religious values.
Secularism.
secular humanist adj. & n
secular humanism. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/secular humanism (accessed: May 04, 2009).
Secular Humanism
noun
the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural [syn: humanism]
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