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  1. 1. a. Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Benevolent; philanthropic. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. Source: opted
  7. 7. adj. marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans Source: wordnet
  11. 11. Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, ahumanitarian view of Christ's nature. Source: adambom

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