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Humanitarian vs Societal - What's the difference?

humanitarian | societal |

As adjectives the difference between humanitarian and societal

is that humanitarian is concerned with people's welfare, and the alleviation of suffering; humane or compassionate while societal is societal.

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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    societal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
  • * 2010 , Malcolm Knox, The Monthly , April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 46:
    • While H5N1 flu is obviously lethal, some milder flus pose a greater societal threat, Professor Mathews says.

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