humanitarian (hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪən
)
Definitions
adjective
- having the interests of mankind at heart
- of or relating to ethical or theological humanitarianism
noun
- a philanthropist
- an adherent of humanitarianism
Synonyms
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- British English:
humanitarian
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.hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪən ADJECTIVE Air bombardment raised criticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
- Spanish:
humanitario
adj humanitaria
- French:
humanitaire
adj
- German: Menschenrechtler nm Menschenrechtlerin
- Chinese: 人道主义的 adj
- Arabic: إِنْسَانِيٌّ adj
- Portuguese: humanitário adj humanitária
- Russian: гуманный adj гуманная
- Croatian: humanitaran adj humanitarna
- Czech: humanitární adj
- Danish: humanitær adj
- Dutch: humanitair adj
- Finnish: humanitaarinen adj
- Greek: ανθρωπιστικός adj ανθρωπιστική
- Italian: umanitario adj umanitaria
- Japanese: 人道主義の no_posp
- Korean: 인도주의자 adj
- Norwegian: humanitær adj
- Polish: humanitarny adj humanitarna
- Brazilian Portuguese: humanitário adj humanitária
- European Spanish:
humanitario
adj humanitaria
- Swedish: humanitär adj humanitärt
- Thai: มีมนุษยธรรม adj
- Turkish: hümanist adj
- Vietnamese: nhân đạo adj
Usage examples
First because they needed all the information they could get, and secondly on humanitarian grounds.
, Death Speaks Softly (1987)The international threshold that defines a humanitarian emergency is two under-five children in 10,000 dying each day, says the WHO.
New Scientist (2004)We must be prepared to offer immediate and substantial humanitarian aid after the war, and help in rebuilding Iraq's lost infrastructure.
Globe and Mail (2003)KABUL: Afghanistan's hard-line Islamic rulers sealed the offices of two more Christian humanitarian aid organisations yesterday.
Glasgow Herald (2001)They demonstrate some humanitarian idealism in the Founders ' view of their future republic.
, Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century (1989)