1. a person who advocates or practices personalism, a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the significance and uniqueness of individual persons
Usage: philosophy

1. relating to or characterized by personalism or emphasis on individual personality
Usage: philosophy

Examples

• The personalist philosopher argued that each individual has inherent dignity and worth.
• Her personalist approach to ethics focused on human relationships and personal responsibility.
• The university’s personalist tradition emphasized the development of the whole person.
• As a personalist thinker, he rejected purely materialistic explanations of human nature.
• The personalist movement gained influence in 20th-century philosophy.
• Their personalist theology stressed the personal nature of God’s relationship with humanity.