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View synonyms for humanitarian

humanitarian

[ hyoo-man-i-tair-ee-uhnor, often, yoo- ]

adjective

  1. having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
  2. of or relating to ethical or theological humanitarianism.
  3. pertaining to the saving of human lives or to the alleviation of suffering:

    a humanitarian crisis.



noun

  1. a person actively engaged in promoting human welfare and social reforms, as a philanthropist.
  2. a person who professes ethical or theological humanitarianism.

humanitarian

/ hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. having the interests of mankind at heart
  2. of or relating to ethical or theological humanitarianism


noun

  1. a philanthropist
  2. an adherent of humanitarianism

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Other Words From

  • anti·hu·mani·tari·an adjective noun
  • semi·hu·mani·tari·an adjective noun
  • unhu·mani·tari·an adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of humanitarian1

First recorded in 1810–20; humanit(y) + -arian

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Example Sentences

Paula Kweskin is an attorney specializing in international humanitarian and human rights law.

With the harsh Middle Eastern winter approaching fast, what people in Syria and Iraq need most, in fact, is humanitarian support.

By 27 September, there were 1,400 people in the grounds of the embassy, creating a small humanitarian crisis.

Humanitarian organizations had already pulled out, and French troops rushed in to extract the 15 foreigners left in the city.

The precious cargo: two American humanitarian workers with Ebola.

How literally true it is that in this special form of social and humanitarian work we are seeking to save that which is lost!

Humanitarian movements,—the abolition of the slave trade, the cause of Greece and Italy,—were European.

The idealism of the eighteenth century was not reformative and humanistic, but revolutionary and humanitarian.

There was something inhuman even in their humanitarian zeal.

For hospitals are not engaged in a gainful pursuit, regardless of all humanitarian considerations.

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