English-Thai Dictionary

humanitarian

N ผู้ มี มนุษยธรรม  phu-me-ma-nud-sa-ya-chon

 

humanitarianism

N ลัทธิความเชื่อ ที่ว่า มนุษย์ มี ความ สมบูรณ์ โดย ไม่ต้อง ได้รับ ความช่วยเหลือ จาก พระเจ้า 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUMANITARIAN

HUMANITARIAN Hu *man `i *ta "ri *an, a.

 

1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist. )

 

Defn: Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

 

2. (Philos.)

 

Defn: Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid.

 

3. Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent ]

 

HUMANITARIAN

Hu *man `i *ta "ri *an, n. Etym: [From Humanity. ]

 

1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist. )

 

Defn: One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.

 

2. (Philos.)

 

Defn: One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.

 

3. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent ]

 

HUMANITARIANISM

HUMANITARIANISM Hu *man `i *ta "ri *an *ism, n.

 

1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist. )

 

Defn: The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.

 

2. (Philos.)

 

Defn: The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

humanitarian

hu man i tar i an |(h )yo͞oˌmaniˈte (ə )rēən (h )juˈˌmænəˈˌtɛriən | ▶adjective concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare: groups sending humanitarian aid | a humanitarian organization. • denoting an event or situation that causes or involves widespread human suffering, esp. one that requires the large-scale provision of aid: human rights groups have warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. ▶noun a person who seeks to promote human welfare; a philanthropist. DERIVATIVES hu man i tar i an ism |-ˌnizəm |noun usage: The primary sense of humanitarian is 'concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare. ’ Since the 1930s, a new sense, exemplified by phrases such as the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen, has been gaining currency, and is now broadly established, especially in journalism, although it is not considered good style by all. In the Oxford English Corpus, the second most common collocation of humanitarian is humanitarian crisis .

 

Oxford Dictionary

humanitarian

humanitarian |hjʊˌmanɪˈtɛːrɪən | ▶adjective concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare: groups sending humanitarian aid. • denoting an event or situation which causes or involves widespread human suffering, especially one which requires the large-scale provision of aid: human rights groups have warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. ▶noun a person who seeks to promote human welfare. DERIVATIVES humanitarianism noun usage: The primary sense of humanitarian is 'concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare ’. Since the 1930s a new sense, exemplified by phrases such as the worst humanitarian disaster this country has seen, has been gaining currency, and is now broadly established, especially in journalism, although it is not considered good style by all. In the Oxford English Corpus the second most common collocation of humanitarian is crisis .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

humanitarian

humanitarian adjective 1 a humanitarian act: compassionate, humane; unselfish, altruistic, generous, magnanimous, benevolent, merciful, kind, sympathetic. ANTONYMS selfish. 2 a humanitarian organization: charitable, philanthropic, public-spirited, socially concerned, welfare; rare eleemosynary. ▶noun Mrs. Roosevelt would be most gratified to be remembered as a humanitarian: philanthropist, altruist, benefactor, patron, social reformer, good Samaritan; do-gooder; archaic philanthrope.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

humanitarian

humanitarian adjective 1 they sought his release on humanitarian grounds | a humanitarian act: compassionate, humane; unselfish, altruistic, generous, magnanimous, benevolent, civilized, merciful, kind, good, sympathetic; rare benignant. ANTONYMS selfish. 2 a humanitarian organization: charitable, philanthropic, public-spirited, socially concerned, doing good works, welfare. ANTONYMS for profit. ▶noun philanthropist, altruist, benefactor, social reformer, do-gooder, good Samaritan; historical almsgiver; rare philanthrope, Maecenas. ANTONYMS self-seeker.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

humanitarian

hu man i tar i an /hjumæ̀nɪté ə riən /形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗人道主義的な , 博愛主義の 〈立場 行為など 〉(philanthropic ); 人間 (中心 )主義の ; 〘宗 〙キリスト人間説の ▸ humanitarian aid [assistance ](戦災者 難民などへの )人道主義的援助 (物資 )名詞 C 1 人道主義者 ; 博愛家 (philanthropist ).2 人間 (中心 )主義者 .3 〘宗 〙キリスト人間論者 .

 

humanitarianism

hu m à n i t á r i an ì sm 名詞 U 1 人道主義 ; 博愛 (主義 ).2 〘宗 〙キリスト人間説 〘キリストに神性を認めない 〙.