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Definition of Humanitarianism

1. Noun. The doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare.

Definition of Humanitarianism

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

Definition of Humanitarianism

1. Noun. Humanitarian philosophy or practice. ¹

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Definition of Humanitarianism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanitarianism

Literary usage of Humanitarianism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World History, 1815-1920 by Eduard Fueter (1922)
"CHAPTER VI humanitarianism WHILE the political and religious tendencies of ... humanitarianism is generally regarded as a child of the eighteenth century. ..."

2. French Prophets of Yesterday: A Study of Religious Thought Under the Second by Albert Léon Guérard (1913)
"Formation of Romantic humanitarianism (before 1848). ROMANTICISM, as a recognised school in French literature, died in the early forties, after two decades ..."

3. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1904)
"THE RELIGIOUS GROUND OP humanitarianism No writer of the present day has discussed the intricate problem of social evolution more logically than Mr. Mallock ..."

4. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1871)
"HUMANITY AND humanitarianism WITH SPECIAL REFER- ERENCE TO THE PRISON SYSTEMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. By WHJ. ..."

5. The History and Problems of Organized Labor by Frank Tracy Carlton (1920)
"Labor and humanitarianism. During the unique and "yeasty" period from 1820 to the panic of 1857, in which factories and industrial cities were developing ..."

6. A Study in Socialism by Benedict Elder (1915)
"Socialism being primarily atheistic, is primarily irreligious. II. humanitarianism Socialism is more than mere atheism, it is dialectic materialistic ..."

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