humanitarian
adjective
noun
Origin of humanitarian
Related Words for humanitarian
charitable, humane, philanthropic, altruistic, good, helper, patron, benefactor, philanthropist, do-gooder, altruist, beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, generous, idealistic, kindly, public-spiritedExamples from the Web for humanitarian
Contemporary Examples of humanitarian
With the harsh Middle Eastern winter approaching fast, what people in Syria and Iraq need most, in fact, is humanitarian support.
Humanitarian organizations had already pulled out, and French troops rushed in to extract the 15 foreigners left in the city.
The precious cargo: two American humanitarian workers with Ebola.
The two American humanitarian workers infected with Ebola in Liberia were fighting for their lives.
He hopes his humanitarian contributions will ultimately help prevent similar massacres in other parts of the world.
As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USASimran Jeet Singh
October 31, 2014
Historical Examples of humanitarian
His life has been that of his century—progressive, liberal, humanitarian in its trend.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
It explodes our humanitarian theories by a series of well-directed mines.
Mountain MeditationsL. Lind-af-Hageby
Nor was it a progressive step only on the humanitarian side.
SocialismJohn Spargo
But though it tended to be egalitarian it did not, of itself, tend to be humanitarian.
A Short History of EnglandG. K. Chesterton
This ambiguity enters into all the phrases which are humanitarian.
FolkwaysWilliam Graham Sumner