humanitarian Definition
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humanitarian
adj
- 1. Concerned with improving people's lives and welfare.
- Example: humanitarian aid for the war-zone
- 1. A person who tries to improve the quality of people's lives by means of reform, charity, etc; a philanthropist.
- Thesaurus: altruist, benefactor, Good Samaritan, helper, philanthropist; Antonym: egoist, self-seeker.
noun
- Humanitarian principles, systems or practices.
- Thesaurus: benevolence, charity, compassion, generosity, goodwill, humanism, philanthropy; Antonym: egoism.
