# humanitarian

Pronunciation: US say "hyoo-ma-ni-TAIR-ee-uhn" /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/; UK say "hyuu-ma-ni-TAIR-ee-uhn" /hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/

## Adjective

1. Relating to people's welfare, especially efforts to relieve suffering and meet basic human needs.
   - Simple: Connected with helping people who are suffering or in need.
   - _International agencies coordinated a massive humanitarian response after the earthquake._
   - _The ceasefire allowed humanitarian corridors to open for civilians trapped in the city._
2. Compassionate or humane; showing kindness and concern for the well-being of others.
   - Simple: Kind and caring, wanting to ease other people's suffering.
   - _Her humanitarian instincts led her to shelter refugees long before any official program existed._
   - _The general was praised for the humanitarian treatment of his prisoners._
4. Relating to humanism, the intellectual outlook centered on human values, reason, and potential.
   - Simple: Connected with humanism, a way of thinking that puts human values and reason first.
   - _Nineteenth-century critics admired the movement's humanitarian outlook, grounded in reason rather than revelation._
   - _The lecture traced the humanitarian philosophy that flourished among Renaissance scholars._

## Noun

3. A person concerned with the welfare of others; a philanthropist or do-gooder.
   - Simple: A person who works to help other people, especially those who are poor or suffering.
   - _As a lifelong humanitarian, she spent her retirement organizing medical missions abroad._
   - _Humanitarians from a dozen countries gathered to plan the relief effort._
5. A believer in the philosophy of humanism; an older synonym of humanist.
   - Simple: A person who follows humanism, a belief that puts human values and reason first.
   - _As a confirmed humanitarian, he held that morality needed no divine foundation._
   - _The society's founders were humanitarians who placed humanity at the center of their ethics._

## Adjective

6. Relating to the teaching that denies the divinity of Jesus Christ and regards him as wholly human. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Connected with the belief that Jesus was only a human being, not God.
   - _The sect's humanitarian doctrine held that Christ was a man uniquely inspired by God but not divine._
   - _Critics accused the preacher of humanitarian leanings after he questioned the divinity of Jesus._

## Noun

7. Someone who denies that Jesus Christ was divine, holding that he was entirely a human being. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A person who believes that Jesus was only a human being, not God.
   - _As a humanitarian, she revered Jesus as a moral teacher while denying his divinity._
   - _The congregation split when several humanitarians rejected the doctrine of the incarnation._

## Origin

Formed from 'humanity' plus the suffix '-arian', which marks an advocate of or believer in something, possibly modelled on the word 'Unitarian'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/humanitarian (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).