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Humanitarian   /hjˌumˌænətˈɛriən/  /jˌumˌænətˈɛriən/   Listen
Humanitarian

adjective
1.
Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare.  Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic.  "Released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons" , "Respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species"
2.
Of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism.
noun
1.
Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms.  Synonyms: do-gooder, improver.
2.
An advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.  Synonym: humanist.



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"Humanitarian" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1888 as pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. From this pastorate he resigned ten years later. From 1881 he was editor-in-chief of The Christian Union, renamed The Outlook in 1893; this periodical reflected his efforts toward social reform, and, in theology, a liberality, humanitarian and nearly unitarian. The latter characteristics marked his published ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... honor and knightly faith have, ere this, swung from a gallows! You unfurl a tattered banner whose faded rags seem strangely out of place among the brilliant flags and joyous symbols of universal humanitarian progress. Oh, I know you, and protest against your course! Full of life and generous vigor, you bind to your heart a putrefying corpse! You court your own destruction, clinging to a vain belief in privileged orders, in worn-out relics, in the bones of dead ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... the sling shots was that they could be "loaded and fired" much more rapidly than the guns—by which I mean the .45 revolvers. And of course on humanitarian grounds there was no comparison—no one was killed or even severely wounded by the stones. ...
— The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek - or Fighting the Sheep Herders • Willard F. Baker

... to satisfy the wants of humanitarian theories; man is egotistical, and he loves, above all, those who are about him. This is the natural human sentiment, and it is this which must be enlarged, extended and cultivated. In a word, it is in family love that is comprised love of country and consequently of humanity. ...
— Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete • Gustave Droz

... both Germany and Austria sold munitions to the belligerents. Their appeals to us in the present war were not to observe international law, but to revise it in their interest. And these appeals they tried to make on moral and humanitarian grounds. But upon "the moral issue" involved, the stand taken by the United States was consistent with its traditional policy and with ...
— World's War Events, Vol. II • Various


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