[usuallybeforenoun] concerned with reducing suffering and improving the conditions that people live in:
to provide humanitarian aid to the war zone * humanitarian concerns / issues / needs * a humanitarian organization * They are calling for the release of the hostages on humanitarian grounds. * The expulsion of hundreds of thousands of people represents a humanitarian catastrophe of enormous proportions.
humanitarian noun
humanitarianism noun [U]
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