humanitarian
Relating to people's welfare.
Other meanings
Being compassionate or humane.
Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
Synonyms
- human-centered
- human-centred
Related words
- antihumanitarian
- humanitarianist
- humanitarianization
- humanitarianly
- humanitarianness
- nonhumanitarian
- unhumanitarian
- humanitarian corridor
- humanitarian crisis
- humanitarian intervention
- humanitarianism
- international humanitarian law
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “humanitarian” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.