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- Dictionaryhumanitarian/hjʊˌmanɪˈtɛːrɪən/
adjective
- 1. concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare: "groups sending humanitarian aid" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a person who seeks to promote human welfare.
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(a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people's lives and reducing suffering: The prisoner has been released for humanitarian reasons. humanitarian aid The United Nations is sending humanitarian aid (= food and supplies to help people) to the areas worst affected by the conflict.
The meaning of HUMANITARIAN is a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist. How to use humanitarian in a sentence.
Sep 23, 2015 · (a person who is) involved in or connected with improving people's lives and reducing suffering: The prisoner has been released for humanitarian reasons. humanitarian aid The United Nations is sending humanitarian aid (= food and supplies to help people) to the areas worst affected by the conflict.
If a person or society has humanitarian ideas or behaviour, they try to avoid making people suffer or they help people who are suffering. Air bombardment raised criticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
adjective. having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people. of or relating to ethical or theological humanitarianism. pertaining to the saving of human lives or to the alleviation of suffering: a humanitarian crisis. noun. a person actively engaged in promoting human welfare and social reforms, as a philanthropist.
[usually before noun] connected with helping people who are suffering and improving the conditions that they are living in. to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone. humanitarian issues. a humanitarian organization. They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
A humanitarian is a person concerned with the welfare of all humankind. A millionaire would be considered a great humanitarian if he donated much of his wealth for improving education, housing, and food for the poor.
HUMANITARIAN definition: connected with improving people's lives and reducing suffering: . Learn more.
[count] : a person who works to make other people's lives better. She has been recognized as a great humanitarian for her efforts to end world hunger. — humanitarian. adjective, always used before a noun. humanitarian efforts. humanitarian aid [=help or money given to people, countries, etc., in order to improve living conditions]
1. Showing concern for the welfare of humanity, especially in acting to improve the living conditions of impoverished people. 2. Being a situation in which many human lives are in danger of harm or death: The drought caused a humanitarian crisis. hu·man′i·tar′i·an·ism n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
