humanitarian
Syllabification: (hu·man·i·tar·i·an)
Pronunciation: /(h)yo͞oˌmaniˈte(ə)rēən/
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Definition of humanitarian
adjective
noun
Derivatives
Pronunciation: /-ˌnizəm/
noun
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.