Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an (?), a.
1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) Pertaining to
humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view
of Christ's nature.
2. (Philos.) Content with right
affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from
religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without
supernatural aid.
3. Benevolent; philanthropic.
[Recent]
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an, n. [From
Humanity.] 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.)
One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have
been merely human.
2. (Philos.) One who limits the sphere
of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or
disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
3. One who is actively concerned in promoting
the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent]
