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Humanitarian vs Altruistic - What's the difference?

humanitarian | altruistic |

As adjectives the difference between humanitarian and altruistic

is that humanitarian is concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate while altruistic is regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish.

As a noun humanitarian

is a person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

humanitarian

English

(wikipedia humanitarian)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with such concerns; a philanthropist or do-gooder.

    • Derived terms

    * humanitarianism

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    altruistic

    English

    (altruism)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
    • His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

    Synonyms

    * (regardful of others) beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

    Antonyms

    * (regardful of others) egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

    Derived terms

    * altruistic filicide * altruistically

    Related terms

    * altruism * altruist