humanitarian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From humanity + -arian (suffix indicating an advocate of or believer in something), possibly modelled after Unitarian (“Christian who does not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity; pertaining to Unitarianism”) (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2).
Base: humanity
Affixes: -arian
Inflected forms:
form: more humanitarian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most humanitarian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: humanitarians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to people's welfare.
pos: adj
examples: So far as the followers of Jesus have woven the humanitarian teachings of their master into the living fibre of their own daily lives, the Christian religion has been a blessing and a civilizer.
But though personified, the function of Wisdom is mainly humanitarian: her delights are with the sons of men (Prov[erbs] viii. 31, 32).
There are three divisions into which the purposes of the hospital may be classed: Humanitarian, educational and scientific. The humanitarian relates to the care of the sick.
If a Protecting Power has not been designated or accepted from the beginning of a situation referred to in Article 1, the International Committee of the Red Cross, without prejudice to the right of any other impartial humanitarian organization to do likewise, shall offer its good offices to the Parties to the conflict with a view to the designation without delay of a Protecting Power to which the Parties to the conflict consent.
The devastating effect of the violence is illustrated by the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that caused deaths, homelessness, despair, poverty, political instability, and economic stagnation in this country.
Legal scholars and jurists have produced a wealth of material which explores whether armed humanitarian interventions are in line with international law and whether attacks on civilians or non-military targets breach international humanitarian law.
Musk said he checked with Trump “a few times” and Trump confirmed he wants to shut down the agency, which dispenses billions in humanitarian aid and development funding annually.
gloss: Relating to people's welfare.
pos: adj
examples: [T]his most painful condition [a fractured arm], [...] was brought about through the humanitarian act of saving, and restoring to life, the angelic form of a creature whose very existence was a gigantic balm of Gilead to the lacerated body of our hero, [...]
Dr. John Fothergill, eighteenth century Quaker physician, was eminent in the practice of medicine, active in the religious Society of Friends, and prominent in the humanitarian and charitable philanthropies of his time.
gloss: Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
pos: adj
tags: rare
examples: I might further object that ſome Humanitarians would tell you that the doctrine of the atonement is perfectly compatible with the ſimple humanity of Chriſt, ſo that to every perſon of the Humanitarian perſuaſion the former tenet does not appear "mockery and deluſion."
[Y]ou muſt have recourſe to pretty ſtrong figure to reconcile that belief to humanitarian tenets, from this beautiful and ſublime chapter.
gloss: Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”).
pos: adj
tags: historical
examples: By the study of natural laws, Humanitarian philosophers know how to distinguish those thoughts, desires and actions which are rewarded, from those that are corrected, and Humanitarian philosophers are thus, next to the God of Nature, the safest guides and greatest benefactors of mankind; for, not a single individual, still less Society, can improve without the Humanitarian philosophy, as it alone is based on the only infallible criterion.
gloss: A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
pos: noun
examples: But if we doubt the humanity of the social theories of [Bartolomé de] Las Casas, and the humanitarians of the sixteenth century, what verdict may not posterity accord to those of [William] Wilberforce and the humanitarians of the nineteenth century, when it contemplates the results of their social experiments in St. Domingo, Jamaica, and the other islands of the American Archipelago.
Mr. [Gilbert] Haven has never forgotten this sacred duty. While our humanitarians have inquired into the natural rights of man, the spirit of modern civilization and the Constitution, he, without despising such inquiries, has sought wisdom and direction at the Cross.
Their thoughts, wished out into form, make a fit place for the weaker multitude to live in and they are always the humanitarians, giving their life for the world.
And she took the time to lock the door behind her, even though she was rushing upstairs because she's such a humanitarian?
Both Seneca [the Younger] and [Jonathan] Swift were humanitarians who freely served their fellow men.
My parents always affirmed that if you're able to love yourself, you're better able to love your community and those around you, regardless of their ethnicity or race, which makes it easier to be a true humanitarian.
gloss: One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: But it will be demanded, how happened it that Irenæus, the pupil of that Polycarp who is repreſented to have been a Humanitarian, ſhould become a zealous advocate for the Deity of Chriſt?
[S]hould any one tell a Humanitarian, that I worſhipped and adored my Saviour, might he not with equal juſtice ſuppoſe me to avow only the ſame ſort of reverence I thought due a parent, or the adoration one profeſſed to pay any beloved object.
It is well understood that most Unitarians, especially those recently educated, are humanitarians. They deny the preexistence of Christ, and regard him as no more than a highly gifted and Divinely inspired prophet, a man.
He [Charles Spear] is not a Trinitarian nor yet a Humanitarian, but seems to favor what is sometimes called the Superangelic scheme. He appears to have shrunk from relying on Jesus as a man, and to have been unable to perceive the strict identity of the Son with the Father, and so gets for a Saviour a being neither God nor man.
gloss: Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”).
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe.
Synonyms: Good Samaritan
altruist
angel
benefactor
do-gooder
gentleman
humanitarian
mensch
noble
nobleman
paragon
philanthropist
saint
Antonyms: jerk
schmuck
villain
Derived words: antihumanitarian
humanitarian corridor
humanitarian crisis
humanitarian intervention
humanitarianise
humanitarianize
humanitarianising
humanitarianizing
humanitarianism
humanitarianist
humanitarianization
humanitarianly
humanitarianness
international humanitarian law
nonhumanitarian
unhumanitarian
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: հումանիտար
roman: humanitar
lang: Armenian
word: մարդասիրական
roman: mardasirakan
lang: Asturian
word: humanitariu
lang: Belarusian
word: гуманіта́рны
roman: humanitárny
lang: Bulgarian
word: хуманен
roman: humanen
lang: Bulgarian
word: човечен
roman: čovečen
lang: Catalan
word: humanitari
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人道主義的 /人道主义的
roman: réndàozhǔyì de
lang: Czech
word: humanitární
lang: Esperanto
word: homama
lang: Finnish
word: humanitaarinen
lang: French
word: humanitaire
lang: French
word: humanitariste
lang: Galician
word: humanitario
lang: Georgian
word: ჰუმანიტარული
roman: humaniṭaruli
lang: German
word: humanitär
lang: Greek
word: ανθρωπιστικός
roman: anthropistikós
lang: Hebrew
word: הוּמָנִיטָרִי
roman: humanitári
lang: Hindi
word: मानवीय
roman: mānvīya
lang: Hungarian
word: humanitárius
lang: Icelandic
word: mannúðar
lang: Irish
word: daonchairdiúil
lang: Italian
word: umanitario
lang: Japanese
word: 人道主義的な
roman: jindōshugiteki-na
lang: Kazakh
word: гуманитарлық
roman: gumanitarlyq
lang: Korean
word: 박애의
roman: bagae'ui
lang: Korean
word: 인도주의
roman: indojuui
lang: Central Kurdish
word: مِرۆڤدۆستانە
roman: mirovdostane
lang: Luganda
word: obuyambi
lang: Occitan
word: umanitari
lang: Polish
word: humanitarny
lang: Portuguese
word: humanitário
lang: Romanian
word: umanitar
lang: Russian
word: гуманита́рный
roman: gumanitárnyj
lang: Russian
word: гума́нный
roman: gumánnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: daonnachdail
lang: Sicilian
word: umanitaru
lang: Spanish
word: humanitario
lang: Swedish
word: humanitär
lang: Tagalog
word: mapagkawanggawa
lang: Turkish
word: insani
lang: Ukrainian
word: гуманіта́рний
roman: humanitárnyj
lang: Welsh
word: hiwmanitaraidd
lang: Welsh
word: dyngarol
lang: Armenian
word: հումանիստ
roman: humanist
lang: Bulgarian
word: хуманист
roman: humanist
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 人道主義者 /人道主义者
roman: réndàozhǔyìzhě
lang: French
word: humaniste
lang: Georgian
word: ჰუმანიტარი
roman: humaniṭari
lang: Japanese
word: 人道主義者
roman: jindōshugisha
lang: Korean
word: 인도적
roman: indojeok
lang: Central Kurdish
word: مِرۆڤدۆست
roman: mirovdost
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Menschenfrint
lang: Romanian
word: umanist
lang: Romanian
word: umanitarist
lang: Russian
word: гумани́ст
roman: gumaníst
lang: Russian
word: гумани́стка
roman: gumanístka
lang: Swedish
word: människovän