How to say "humanitarian" in Japanese

• 人道主義者じんどうしゅぎしゃ
  nounThe direct word for a humanitarian as a person: someone who advocates humanitarian principles and works for human welfare. It is itself less common.
• 仁者じんしゃ
  nounPrimarily a word for a man of virtue — a person of benevolence; 'humanitarian' is only a loose secondary rendering. It is seldom the word you want for 'humanitarian' itself.
• 仁人じんじん
  nounMeans the same as 仁者: a virtuous, benevolent person, with 'humanitarian' as a loose secondary rendering. Like 仁者, it is seldom the right choice when you simply mean 'humanitarian'.

All three are less common; for 'humanitarian' as a person devoted to humanitarian principles use 人道主義者, while 仁者 and 仁人 really mean a virtuous, benevolent person and fit 'humanitarian' only loosely.

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• 人道主義者じんどうしゅぎしゃhumanitarian
• 仁者じんしゃman of virtue
• 仁人じんじんman of virtue