humane vs humanistic what difference
what is difference between humane and humanistic
English
Etymology
Variant form of human, now preserved in specialized senses.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hjuːˈmeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Adjective
humane (comparative humaner or more humane, superlative humanest or most humane)
- Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
- It is no longer considered humane to perform vivisection on research animals.
- As methods of execution go, beheading is more humane than drawing and quartering.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
- The unfortunate thing about Bando, said Arthur, is that it is no longer to be obtained in this unfortunate country. I understand that inferior products, such as Ostreine and Spanish Flies, may still be wheedled out of some of the humaner chemists, up and down the city, in the ten minutes or a quarter of an hour immediately following their midday meal.
- Pertaining to branches of learning concerned with human affairs or the humanities, especially classical literature or rhetoric.
- Obsolete spelling of human
Synonyms
- mankindly
Antonyms
- inhuman, inhumane
Derived terms
- humanely
Related terms
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “humane”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- Humean
Danish
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huˈmane/
- Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ne
Adverb
humane
- humanely
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
humane
- inflection of human:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Etymology
From hūmānus (“humane, noble”)
Adverb
hūmānē (comparative hūmānius, superlative hūmānissimē)
- humanly, in a human manner.
- humanely, kindly, politely; in a humane manner.
Synonyms
- (humanly): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
- (humanely): hūmāniter, hūmānitus
Related terms
References
- humane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- humane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
humane
- definite singular of human
- plural of human
Spanish
Verb
humane
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of humanar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of humanar.
Swedish
Adjective
humane
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of human.
English
Etymology
humanist + -ic
Adjective
humanistic
- Of or pertaining to humanism.
Translations
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