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]
Hu*man`i*ta"ri*an*ism (?), n. 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) The distinctive
tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the
whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.
2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and
dependent alone upon, man and the human relations.
Hu`ma*ni"tian (?), n. A humanist. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Hu*man"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Humanities (#). [L. humanitas: cf. F.
humanitÈ. See Human.] 1. The quality of being human; the peculiar
nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.