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humanitarianism definition

hu·mani·tari·an·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. the beliefs or actions of a humanitarian (sense )
  2. Ethics
    1. the doctrine that humanity's chief or only obligations are to its temporal welfare
    2. the doctrine that a human being is capable of perfection without divine aid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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