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Dictionary: hu·man·i·tar·i·an   (hyū-măn'ĭ-târ'ē-ən) pronunciation
n.
One who is devoted to the promotion of human welfare and the advancement of social reforms; a philanthropist.

adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a humanitarian or humanitarianism. See synonyms at humane.


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Thesaurus: humanitarian
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adjective

    Concerned with human welfare and the alleviation of suffering: charitable, compassionate, human, humane, merciful. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, kind/cruel.

Antonyms: humanitarian
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adj

Definition: giving, compassionate
Antonyms: cruel, egoistic, egotistic, inhumane, inhumanitarian, selfish, uncompassionate, ungiving

n

Definition: giver
Antonyms: self-seeker

n

Definition: person who gives generously
Antonyms: egoist, stingy


WordNet: humanitarian
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
  Synonyms: do-gooder, improver


The adjective humanitarian has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare
  Synonyms: human-centered, humanist, humanistic

Meaning #2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
  Pertains to noun: humanitarianism (meaning #1)


Translations: Humanitarian
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - humanitær, menneskekærlig
n. - menneskeven

Nederlands (Dutch)
filantroop, humanitair

Français (French)
adj. - humanitaire
n. - humaniste

Deutsch (German)
adj. - humanitär
n. - Menschenfreund, Humanitarist

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φιλάνθρωπος, φιλανθρωπικός, ανθρωπιστικός

Italiano (Italian)
umanitario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - humanitário

Русский (Russian)
гуманист, филантроп

Español (Spanish)
adj. - humanitario
n. - humanitario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - humanitär, humanitets-, filantropisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
人道主义的, 博爱的, 人道主义者, 基督凡人论者, 博爱者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人道主義的, 博愛的
n. - 人道主義者, 基督凡人論者, 博愛者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인도주의의, 인간애의, 그리스도 인간설의
n. - 인도주의자, 그리스도 인간론자, 박애가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人道主義者, 人性論者, 博愛主義者
adj. - 人道主義の, 博愛主義の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خير محب للخير العام والاصلاح الاجتماعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוהב הבריות, אנושי, הומניטרי, נדיב-לב‬
n. - ‮אוהב הבריות, תורם נדיב, אדם המבקש לקדם את הרווחה האנושית‬


 
 
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