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Etymology

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Fromsub- +‎human.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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subhuman (comparativemoresubhuman,superlativemostsubhuman)

  1. (inherentlyemic, often offensive) Lacking characteristics of a human in a way judged to beless than human by somevalue judgment,opinion, orbelief system(as for example ananthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or aNazi view of various humanoutgroups).
    1. Astendentiously asserted of humans.
      Synonym:infrahuman
      Antonyms:superhuman,suprahuman,ultrahuman
      Coordinate term:transhuman
      A secret to Nazi power was that anyone from the ingroup could be turned upon and labeled assubhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered".
    2. Asanthropocentrically asserted ofnonhuman animals, especially in centuries past.
      Synonym:infrahuman
      We say dolphin intelligence issubhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.
      In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described assubhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.

Translations

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less than human; lacking characteristics of a human

Noun

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subhuman (pluralsubhumans)

  1. (inherentlyemic, usually offensive) Any sentient creature, especially ahumanoid one, which isless than human by somevalue judgment,opinion, orbelief system(as for example ananthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or aNazi view of various humanoutgroups).
    Synonym:untermensch
    Antonyms:superhuman,übermensch
    Hypernym:humanoid
    Near-synonym:nonperson

Translations

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untermensch

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