adj
Meaning 1
Relating to people's welfare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
humanitarian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/
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Received-Pronunciation: [-ɛə.ɹi.ən]
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General-American: /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
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General-American: /ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to people's welfare.
Being compassionate or humane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: humanist
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: Christianity
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: humanist
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- humanitarian aid
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a humane physician
- released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons
- respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: human-centered, human-centred, humanist, humanistic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humanist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
noun
Meaning 11
someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: do-gooder, improver
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benefactor, helper
History
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).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հումանիտար (humanitar) — concerned with people's welfare
- Armenian: մարդասիրական (mardasirakan) — concerned with people's welfare
- Asturian: humanitariu — concerned with people's welfare
- Belarusian: гуманіта́рны (humanitárny) — concerned with people's welfare
- Bulgarian: хуманен (humanen) — concerned with people's welfare
- Bulgarian: човечен (čovečen) — concerned with people's welfare
- Catalan: humanitari — concerned with people's welfare
- Chinese Mandarin: 人道主義的 /人道主义的 (réndàozhǔyì de) — concerned with people's welfare
- Czech: humanitární — concerned with people's welfare
- Esperanto: homama — concerned with people's welfare
- Finnish: humanitaarinen — concerned with people's welfare
- French: humanitaire — concerned with people's welfare
- French: humanitariste — concerned with people's welfare
- Galician: humanitario — concerned with people's welfare
- Georgian: ჰუმანიტარული (humaniṭaruli) — concerned with people's welfare
- German: humanitär — concerned with people's welfare
- Greek: ανθρωπιστικός (anthropistikós) — concerned with people's welfare
- Hebrew: הוּמָנִיטָרִי (humanitári) — concerned with people's welfare
- Hindi: मानवीय (mānvīya) — concerned with people's welfare
- Hungarian: humanitárius — concerned with people's welfare
- Icelandic: mannúðar — concerned with people's welfare
- Irish: daonchairdiúil — concerned with people's welfare
- Italian: umanitario — concerned with people's welfare
- Japanese: 人道主義的な (jindōshugiteki-na) — concerned with people's welfare
- Kazakh: гуманитарлық (gumanitarlyq) — concerned with people's welfare
- Korean: 박애의 (bagae'ui) — concerned with people's welfare
- Korean: 인도주의 (indojuui) — concerned with people's welfare
- Central Kurdish: مِرۆڤدۆستانە (mirovdostane) — concerned with people's welfare
- Luganda: obuyambi — concerned with people's welfare
- Occitan: umanitari — concerned with people's welfare
- Polish: humanitarny — concerned with people's welfare
- Portuguese: humanitário — concerned with people's welfare
- Romanian: umanitar — concerned with people's welfare
- Russian: гуманита́рный (gumanitárnyj) — concerned with people's welfare
- Russian: гума́нный (gumánnyj) — concerned with people's welfare
- Scottish Gaelic: daonnachdail — concerned with people's welfare
- Sicilian: umanitaru — concerned with people's welfare
- Spanish: humanitario — concerned with people's welfare
- Swedish: humanitär — concerned with people's welfare
- Tagalog: mapagkawanggawa — concerned with people's welfare
- Turkish: insani — concerned with people's welfare
- Ukrainian: гуманіта́рний (humanitárnyj) — concerned with people's welfare
- Welsh: hiwmanitaraidd — concerned with people's welfare
- Welsh: dyngarol — concerned with people's welfare
- Armenian: հումանիստ (humanist) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Bulgarian: хуманист (humanist) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Chinese Mandarin: 人道主義者 /人道主义者 (réndàozhǔyìzhě) — person with humanitarian concerns
- French: humanitariste — person with humanitarian concerns
- French: humaniste — person with humanitarian concerns
- Georgian: ჰუმანიტარი (humaniṭari) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Hindi: मानवीय (mānvīya) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Japanese: 人道主義者 (jindōshugisha) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Korean: 인도적 (indojeok) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Central Kurdish: مِرۆڤدۆست (mirovdost) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Plautdietsch: Menschenfrint — person with humanitarian concerns
- Portuguese: humanitário — person with humanitarian concerns
- Romanian: umanist — person with humanitarian concerns
- Romanian: umanitarist — person with humanitarian concerns
- Russian: гумани́ст (gumaníst) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Russian: гумани́стка (gumanístka) — person with humanitarian concerns
- Spanish: humanitario — person with humanitarian concerns
- Swedish: människovän — person with humanitarian concerns
- Tagalog: mapagkawanggawa — person with humanitarian concerns
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