humanitarian
English
/hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/, /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
adj
Definitions
- Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; compassionate, humane.
- (Christianity) Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
- (philosophy)
Etymology
Suffix from English humanity.
Origin
English
humanity
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihumanitarian English
- antihumanity English
- humanitarianism English
- humanitarianist English
- humanitarianization English
- humanitarianize English
- humanitarianly English
- humanitarianness English
- humanity English
- nonhumanitarian English
- nonhumanity English
- posthumanity English
- subhumanity English
- superhumanity English
- unhumanitarian English
- unhumanity English
- humanitaarinen Finnish
- гуманитарий Russian
- humanyte Middle English
- הומניטרי Hebrew (modern)