Humanitarian

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humanitarian \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, n. [From {Humanity}.]
     1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of
        Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
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     2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human


        relations and affections, to the exclusion or
        disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
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     3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of
        humans and human societies; a philanthropist.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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     3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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"
       n : someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to
           social reforms [syn: {do-gooder}, {improver}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "humanitarian":
     Robin Hood, almoner, almsgiver, almsgiving, altruistic, benefactor,
     beneficent, benevolent, benevolist, bighearted, charitable,
     do-gooder, eleemosynary, freehearted, generous, good, greathearted,
     human, humane, largehearted, philanthropic, philanthropist,
     power for good, social worker, welfare, welfare statist,
     welfare worker, welfarist, well-doer