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A scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
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A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.
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In the Renaissance, a scholar of Greek and Roman classics.
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Relating to humanism or the humanities.
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Of a typeface: resembling classical handwritten monumental Roman letters rather than the 19th-century grotesque typefaces.
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A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.
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One who believes that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
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Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; compassionate, humane.
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Of or pertaining to the belief that Jesus Christ is fully human and not divine.
Examples of humanitarian in a Sentence
They were very kind; but I could not help feeling that they spoke more from a business than a humanitarian point of view.
On the humanitarian and liberal ideas making for emancipation we need not dwell, as they are self-evident.
We have seen, for example, that he was led to investigate the subject of logic because he found in attempting to advance his humanitarian schemes in politics an absence of that fundamental agreement which he recognized as the basis of scientific advance.
Her Spiridion, which was dedicated to him, Sept cardes de la lyre, Consuelo, and La Comtesse de Rudolstadt, were written under the Humanitarian inspiration.
Herzl believed that the humanitarian hopes which inspired men at the end of the 18th and during the larger part of the 19th centuries had failed.
In the first place the native policy of the Congo government was denounced as at variance with the humanitarian spirit which had been regarded by the powers as one of the chief motives inspiring the foundation of the Congo State.
Emancipation was brought about in the 9th century by economic causes as well as by humanitarian considerations.
The humanitarian crisis of the tsunami is not yet over.
At this time the tone of the Russian court was extremely liberal, humanitarian enthusiasts like Peter Volkonsky and Nikolai Novosiltsov possessing great influence.
In this rivalry Germany, whose interest in Turkey even so late as the congress of Berlin had been wholly subordinate, took a leading part, unhampered by the traditional policies or the humanitarian considerations by which the interests of the older powers were prejudiced.
Despite the fact that Kazakhstan had not yet acceded to the Ottawa Convention, it fully supported the humanitarian orientation of that instrument.
And I'm not buying this as a humanitarian mission, either.
Some thinkers fell back on the "modalistic" solution which regards "Father" and "Son" as two aspects of the same subject; but a simpler and more popular method was the "adoptianist" or humanitarian.
Above all he was instrumental in framing the new criminal code, based on more humanitarian principles, which was issued in 1835.
Short said an interim international administration in Kosovo was envisaged to co-ordinate the humanitarian effort.
Some missions are humanitarian while others are straight shooting.
The Department of Defense has begun flying in the first of over a million humanitarian daily rations to be sent to the region.
International Development Secretary Clare Short in the UK has announced fifteen million pounds in humanitarian aid for the refugee crisis.
Mobility aircraft carry troops and equipment into battle, transport peacekeeping forces and humanitarian relief, and refuel other military aircraft in flight.
Useful for anyone involved, or planning to be involved, in humanitarian assistance.
I don't imagine for a moment that their prime motive is humanitarian, but I had a little chortle, too.
The truly humanitarian position is to do away with sanctions entirely, which will only happen if Saddam Hussein is overthrown.
The emancipation was not merely a humanitarian question capable of being solved instantaneously by imperial ukaz.
The minister of foreign affairs, M Tittoni, in reply expressed the adhesion of the Italian government to the humanitarian ideas which had met with such enthusiasm in the historic House of Parliament at Westminster.
He is also known as a generous and hard-working activist, donating plenty of his time and money for a variety of humanitarian causes.
Ever the humanitarian, she and partner Brad Pitt have raised awareness about international adoptions and the plight of people in impoverished areas of the world.
Perfume - Designed by humanitarian Amma, this rose and sandalwood perfume offers and uplifting scent with natural ingredients.
Not only will the you love the scent, portions of Amma's Rose sales are donated to humanitarian efforts.
These companies may purchase carbon offsets to balance some of the energy they use in production, build and operate sustainable facilities, or donate a portion of their profits to environmental or humanitarian organizations.
Lynmar is owned by Lynn Fritz, past CEO of Fritz Companies and current CEO of his humanitarian non-profit organization Fritz Institute.
Between 1999 and 2004, international adoptions grew in popularity in the United States as more families recognized the global humanitarian need to provide homes for waiting children.
For her efforts, she was called the humanitarian of the year by the Spanish version of People magazine.
Madonna makes headlines more for her humanitarian efforts than for her clothing.
The disciplined philosopher, who had devoted himself to the task of comprehending the organism of the state, had no patience with feebler or more mercurial minds who recklessly laid hands on established ordinances, and set them aside where they contravened humanitarian sentiments.
Finally, unable to impose upon the world either selfish or humanitarian ends, she folds her arms in pharisaic virtue, with the hope that some hidden power will give the victory to righteousness.
Finally he endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to secure the introduction of juries into the courts of chancery, and - a generation and more before the fruition of the labours of Romilly and his coworkers in England - aided in securing a humanitarian revision of the penal code, 4 which, though lost by one vote in 1785, was sustained by public sentiment, and was adopted in 1796.
His gospel is completely denationalized, humanitarian; but, while equally universalistic, is quite unsympathetic towards the doctrine and the mysticism of Paul.
Humanitarian moralists, who hesitate to believe in the retributive theory of punishment because, as they think, its aim is not the criminal's future well-being but merely the vindication through pain of an outrage upon the moral law which the criminal need never have committed, might welcome a theory which urges that the sole aim of punishment should be the exercise of an influence determining the criminal's future conduct for his own or the social good.
The reason for the bombing was the humanitarian catastrophe brought about by the bombing in the first place.
Second, the UN coordination mechanism must become a wider clearinghouse for all humanitarian demining activity, not just that of the United Nations.
He was also poet on the biggest humanitarian convoy traveling to war torn Croatia in 1993.
The UN refused to intervene in the civil war, apart from some troop convoys for humanitarian aid.
The HLR question now is whether the landmine NGOs can summon the moral courage to subordinate the political concerns to the humanitarian.
The program authorizes Baghdad to export crude under UN supervision in return for humanitarian supplies.
The humanitarian disaster following an invasion may seem almost unimaginable in its scale.
Kyprianou said his mission was strictly humanitarian and that he was not going to discuss any issues related to the conflict itself.
The annihilation of counter-revolutionaries is the only humanitarian act.. .
Non-GM food is the only acceptable, genuinely humanitarian food aid.
The Home Office either grants indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or Humanitarian Protection to the asylum seeker.
The UK and the US made a humanitarian intervention in Kosovo without a Security Council resolution.