humanitarian

Definitions

1. 1.(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.
2. 2.Benevolent; philanthropic. [Recent]
3. 3.(Theol. & Ch. Hist.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human.
4. 4.(Philos.) One who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual.
5. 5.One who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is content with right affections and actions toward man; ethical, as distinguished from religious; believing in the perfectibility of man's nature without supernatural aid called?
• What is one who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human called?
• What is one who limits the sphere of duties to human relations and affections, to the exclusion or disparagement of the religious or spiritual called?
• What is one who is actively concerned in promoting the welfare of his kind; a philanthropist. [Recent] called?