Meaning

Relating to people's welfare..

Definitions by Sense

1. Relating to people's welfare.
2. (Christianity, rare) Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
3. (philosophy, historical) Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”).
4. A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
5. (Christianity, rare) One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
6. (philosophy, historical) Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”).

Example Sentences

So far as the followers of Jesus have woven the humanitarian teachings of their master into the living fibre of their own daily lives, the Christian religion has been a blessing and a civilizer.

But though personified, the function of Wisdom is mainly humanitarian: her delights are with the sons of men (Prov[erbs] viii. 31, 32).

There are three divisions into which the purposes of the hospital may be classed: Humanitarian, educational and scientific. The humanitarian relates to the care of the sick.

If a Protecting Power has not been designated or accepted from the beginning of a situation referred to in Article 1, the International Committee of the Red Cross, without prejudice to the right of any other impartial humanitarian organization to do likewise, shall offer its good offices to the Parties to the conflict with a view to the designation without delay of a Protecting Power to which the Parties to the conflict consent.

The devastating effect of the violence is illustrated by the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that caused deaths, homelessness, despair, poverty, political instability, and economic stagnation in this country.

Legal scholars and jurists have produced a wealth of material which explores whether armed humanitarian interventions are in line with international law and whether attacks on civilians or non-military targets breach international humanitarian law.

Musk said he checked with Trump “a few times” and Trump confirmed he wants to shut down the agency, which dispenses billions in humanitarian aid and development funding annually.

I might further object that ſome Humanitarians would tell you that the doctrine of the atonement is perfectly compatible with the ſimple humanity of Chriſt, ſo that to every perſon of the Humanitarian perſuaſion the former tenet does not appear "mockery and deluſion."

Word Forms

• more humanitarian
• most humanitarian
• humanitarians

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