anti-humanitarian

adjective

an·​ti-hu·​man·​i·​tar·​i·​an ˌan-tē-hyü-ˌma-nə-ˈter-ē-ən 

-yü-, 

ˌan-tī- 

variants 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

Examples of anti-humanitarian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-humanitarian

• agrarian
• aquarian
• barbarian
• bavarian
• bulgarian
• cimmerian
• hungarian
• librarian
• ovarian
• riparian
• rotarian
• sectarian