anti-humanitarian
adjective
(alsoantihumanitarian)uk/ˌæn.ti.hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/us/ˌæn.t̬i.hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən//ˌæn.t̬i.juːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən//ˌæn.taɪ.hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən//ˌæn.taɪ.juːˌmæn.ɪˈter.i.ən/causingpeopletosuffervery much,ratherthantryingtoimprovelivesandreducesuffering:
These wereviolent, anti-humanitarianactions.
Supporters of thepolicymight becriticizedfor being antihumanitarian.
Synonyms
barbaric
barbarous
inhuman
inhumane
Compare
humanitarian
- Thegovernmentwasaccusedofimplementingcorrupt, anti-humanitarianpolicies.
- Hearguedthatshowingtheimagesto thepublicwould be an anti-humanitarianact.
- Thegovernmentcondemnedthekillingas anactof anti-humanitarianterror.
- This iscruel. It isinhumaneand it is anti-humanitarian.
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- backbite
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- harshly
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- pitilessness
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungenerously