humanitarian

English

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Etymology

Coined around 1820, from humanity +‎ -arian.

Adjective

humanitarian (comparative more humanitarian, superlative most humanitarian)

1. Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

Translations

concerned with people's welfare

• Catalan: humanitari (ca) m, humanitària (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人道主義的 (cmn), 人道主义的 (cmn) (réndàozhǔyì de)

• Czech: humanitární (cs)
• Finnish: humanitaarinen (fi)
• French: humanitaire (fr)
• German: humanitär (de)

• Greek: ανθρωπιστικός (el) (anthropistikos)
• Irish: daonchairdiúil (ga)
• Japanese: 人道主義的な (ja) (jindōshugiteki-na)
• Korean: 박애의 (ko) (bakaeui), 인도주의 (ko) (indojuui)
• Luganda: obuyambi
• Russian: гуманитарный (ru) (gumanitárnyj), (humane) гуманный (ru) (gumánnyj)
• Spanish: humanitario (es)

Noun

humanitarian (plural humanitarians)

1. A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

Derived terms

• humanitarianism

Translations

person with humanitarian concerns

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人道主義者 (cmn)

• Japanese: 人道主義者 (ja) (じんどうしゅぎしゃ, jindōshugisha)

• Korean: 인도적 (ko) (indojeok)
• Russian: гуманист (ru) (gumaníst) m, гуманистка (ru) (gumanístka) f
• Spanish: humanitario (es)

External links

• humanitarian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• humanitarian in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911