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or less commonly antihumanitarian
: having or showing disregard for humanitarian values or human welfare
She had acquired all the appropriate gestures of revolutionary convictions—the gestures of pity, of anger, of indignation against the anti-humanitarian vices of the social class to which she belonged herself.—
Joseph Conrad
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Yanking the rug out from under thousands of foreigners who often risked life and limb to find a safe haven in America is an unconscionable act of heartless, anti-humanitarian gall on the part of Donald Trump and his minions.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
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Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 June 2025
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“Anti-humanitarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-humanitarian. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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