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单词 humanity-monger
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humanity-monger
humanity-monger n. depreciative (now historical) = humanitarian n. 3.Chiefly with reference to those promoting reform in the treatment of criminals and the poor.
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1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. 109 The humanity-mongers, who deny the necessity and lawfulness of inflicting capital punishment.
1851 Househ. Words 8 Mar. 554/1 Whosoever says that putrid animal substances are ill for a green wound, or for robust vigour, or for anything or for anybody, is a humanity-monger and a humbug.
1869 J. Payn in Chambers's Jrnl. July 430/2 I am no humanity-monger, as you well know, but I think we should look with charity upon such cases.
2006 R. Hewitt Symbolic Interactions ii. 55 We might see humanity-mongers as sympathy brokers who helped middle- and upper-class people discard stereotypes about lawbreakers.
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