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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humanitarian \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, n. [From {Humanity}.] 1. (Theol. & Ch Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human. 2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual. 3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind a philanthropist. [Recent] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humanitarian \Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an\, a. 1. (Theol. & Ch Hist.) Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as a humanitarian view of Christ's nature. 2. (Philos.) Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid. 3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: humanitarian adj 1: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for all members of our species" [syn: {human-centered}, {humanist}, {humanistic}] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism; "humanitarian aid" n : someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms [syn: {do-gooder}, {improver}]
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