Humanist or Humanistic?

[1996type]

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Does it make any difference?

Cheers! jasper

[Riccardo Sartori]

Not sure about English, but in Italian the difference would be, roughly:
Humanist: it belongs to humanism.
Humanistic: it refers to humanism.

[Ryan Maelhorn]

As far as I know, humans are responsible for 100% of the fonts in existence. But they are selling paintings done by Elephants now...

[Bendy]

If in doubt, prefer the word with fewer letters.

[eliason]

"human" and "humanist" are cognates, obviously, but they are not equivalent.

[Riccardo Sartori]

If in doubt, prefer the word with fewer letters.

Sound advice!