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1. (adj.) humanitarian
having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
2. humanitarian
pertaining to the saving of human lives or to the alleviation of suffering:
a humanitarian crisis.
3. humanitarian
pertaining to ethical or theological humanitarianism.
4. (n.) humanitarian
a person actively engaged in promoting human welfare and social reforms, as a philanthropist.
5. humanitarian
a person who professes ethical humanitarianism.
Etymology: (1810–20; humanit (y ) + -arian)
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| Definition of 'humanitarian' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) humanitarian, do-gooder, improver
someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
2. (adj) humanist, humanitarian
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
3. (adj) human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic, humanitarian
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
"a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
4. (adj) humanitarian
of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
"humanitarian aid"
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1. (adjective) humanitarian
concerned with improving living conditions for people in bad situations
humanitarian aid agencies
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) humanitarian
pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature
2. (adj) humanitarian
content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid
3. (adj) humanitarian
benevolent; philanthropic
4. (noun) humanitarian
one who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human
5. (noun) humanitarian
one who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual
6. (noun) humanitarian
one who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist
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