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Humanitarian : adj
1: 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" [syn: human-centered,
human-centred, humanist, humanistic]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism;
"humanitarian aid"
(noun)
1: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to
social reforms [syn: do-gooder, improver]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Humanitarian : \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, n. [Based on Humanity.]
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of
Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human
relations and affections, to the exclusion or
disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of
his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Humanitarian : \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, a.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to
humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's
nature.
2. (Philos.) 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. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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