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Humanitarians, in theology, are those who deny the divine nature of Christ. [Unitarians.] The name is also given to the St. Simonians and others whose aim is to perfect the human race by a reorganisation of society; to the adherents of Auguste Comte [Positivism]; and to those who, from repugnance to inflict pain, support the abolition of capital punishment, etc.