Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humanitarianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
hu-man-i-tar-i-an-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A humanitarian philosophy or practice.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English humanitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English humanitarianism From humanitarian + -ism.

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What does humanitarianism mean?
A humanitarian philosophy or practice.
Where does humanitarianism come from?
Etymology tree English humanitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English humanitarianism From humanitarian + -ism.

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