English Explanatory Dictionary

humanitarian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to people's welfare.
  2. Being compassionate or humane.
  3. Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
  4. Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”).
noun
  1. A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
  2. One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
  3. Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”).

Pronunciation

/hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/ [-ɛə.ɹi.ən] /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ /ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/ En-us-humanitarian.mp3 LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-humanitarian.wav

Word forms

humanitarian more humanitarian most humanitarian humanitarians

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).

Synonyms

humanist 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

Armenian: հումանիտար Armenian: մարդասիրական Asturian: humanitariu Belarusian: гуманіта́рны Bulgarian: хуманен Bulgarian: човечен Catalan: humanitari Chinese Mandarin: 人道主義的 /人道主义的 Czech: humanitární Esperanto: homama Finnish: humanitaarinen French: humanitaire French: humanitariste Galician: humanitario Georgian: ჰუმანიტარული German: humanitär Greek: ανθρωπιστικός Hebrew: הוּמָנִיטָרִי Hindi: मानवीय Hungarian: humanitárius Icelandic: mannúðar Irish: daonchairdiúil Italian: umanitario Japanese: 人道主義的な Kazakh: гуманитарлық Korean: 박애의 Korean: 인도주의 Central Kurdish: مِرۆڤدۆستانە Luganda: obuyambi Occitan: umanitari Polish: humanitarny Portuguese: humanitário Romanian: umanitar Russian: гуманита́рный Russian: гума́нный Scottish Gaelic: daonnachdail Sicilian: umanitaru Spanish: humanitario Swedish: humanitär Tagalog: mapagkawanggawa Turkish: insani Ukrainian: гуманіта́рний Welsh: hiwmanitaraidd Welsh: dyngarol Armenian: հումանիստ Bulgarian: хуманист Chinese Mandarin: 人道主義者 /人道主义者 French: humanitariste French: humaniste Georgian: ჰუმანიტარი Japanese: 人道主義者 Korean: 인도적 Central Kurdish: مِرۆڤدۆست Plautdietsch: Menschenfrint Romanian: umanist Romanian: umanitarist Russian: гумани́ст Russian: гумани́стка Swedish: människovän
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