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humanitarian.

Relating to people's welfare.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation[-ɛə.ɹi.ən]Received-Pronunciation/hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/General-American/ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/General-American
  1. Relating to people's welfare.

  2. Relating to people's welfare. Being compassionate or humane.

  3. Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.

    rare
  4. Synonym of humanist (“relating to humanism”).

    historical
Where this word comes from

From humanity + -arian (suffix indicating an advocate of or believer in something), possibly modelled after Unitarian (“Christian who does not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity; pertaining to Unitarianism”) (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2).

noun/hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/Received-Pronunciation[-ɛə.ɹi.ən]Received-Pronunciation/hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/General-American/ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən/General-American
  1. A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.

  2. One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.

    rare
  3. Synonym of humanist (“a person who believes in the philosophy of humanism”).

    historical
Where this word comes from

From humanity + -arian (suffix indicating an advocate of or believer in something), possibly modelled after Unitarian (“Christian who does not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity; pertaining to Unitarianism”) (see noun sense 2 and verb sense 2).

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