Definition of Humanitarian

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Humanitarian

Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.

Benevolent; philanthropic.

One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.

One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist.

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Humanitarian Quotations

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
Voltaire

Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.
Howard Zinn

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.
Cat Stevens

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.
Sheldon Adelson

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.
Alvin Adams

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.
Alvin Adams

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.
Irving Babbitt

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
Irving Babbitt

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
Irving Babbitt

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
Irving Babbitt

Humanitarian Translations

humanitarian in Spanish is humanitario

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