humanitarianismn.
/hjʊˌmanᵻˈtɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌhjuːmanᵻˈtɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /hjuˌmænəˈtɛriəˌnɪz(ə)m/ 1. Theology. The doctrine that Christ's nature was human only and not divine. Now rare (chiefly historical).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning the Trinity > [noun] > concerning Christ, the Son > humanitarianism
humanism1790
humanitarianism?1792
psilanthropisma1811
psilanthropy1821
?1792 B. Hobhouse Reply to Rev. Randolph's Let. v. 144 Having as you imagine shewn that the preceeding text support not the doctrine of Humanitarianism, you advance the scriptural description of Christ's second coming.
1833 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1890) I. 11 His [sc. Priestley's] transition from Low Arianism to Humanitarianism.
1865 W. E. Gladstone Farewell Addr. Edinb. Univ. 27 A still deeper trace of humanitarianism lay in the transportation of the family order into heaven.
1915 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 25 412 A divine nature which neither wills nor judges is not worth having. Dr. Sanday's view reduces in fact to a pure humanitarianism.
2005 S. D. Snobelen in M. Mulsow & J. Rohls Socinianism & Arminianism v. 244 Socinian Christology (which held Christ to be the literal Son of God miraculously conceived by the virgin Mary) was constantly conflated with humanitarianism (the belief that Christ was a mere man born of a human mother and father).
2. Concern for human welfare as a primary or pre-eminent moral good; action, or the disposition to act, on the basis of this concern rather than for pragmatic or strategic reasons. Chiefly depreciative in early use, with the implication of excessive sentimentality towards criminals and the poor.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun]
philanthropia1608
philanthropy1623
philanthropism1835
humanism1836
Samaritanism1843
humanitarianism1850
humanitas1944
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > humaneness
menska1250
manhead1340
humanityc1384
manlinessc1384
manhooda1425
mankind1605
humaneness1729
humanitarianism1850
1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 84 The puerile whimperings of an effeminate humanitarianism.
1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 364 Specious but most mischievous humanitarianism, and self-exalting but hollow philanthropy.
1897 F. N. Maude Voluntary v. Compulsory Service 125 A misdirected outbreak of hysterical humanitarianism.
1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 672 Christianity has..meant literally everything..persecution and toleration, humanitarianism and ruthless predation, freedom and slavery.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 125/1 No panty-waist humanitarianism here.
1999 R. Preece Animals & Nature iv. 88 Such a judgment is clearly alien to the traditional Western conception that has recognized Greek rationalism as the harbinger of a self-conscious humanitarianism.
2001 New Republic 21 May 31/2 The biomedical enterprise occupies the moral high ground of compassionate humanitarianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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