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See also:inhumane

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishinhumayne, fromMiddle Frenchinhumain and its etymonLatininhūmānus.

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Adjective

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inhuman (comparativemoreinhuman,superlativemostinhuman)

  1. Of or pertaining toinhumanity and theindifferentlycruel,sadistic orbarbaric behavior it brings.
    • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, inRAIL, number976, page45:
      It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.
  2. Transcending ordifferent than what ishuman.
    • 1832, David Herbert Lawrence,Lady Chatterley's Lover‎[1], McFarland, page209:
      When he was out among men, seeking his own ends, and “making good! his colliery workings, he had an almost uncanny shrewdness, hardness, and a straight sharp punch. It was as if his very passivity and prostitution to the Magna Mater gave him insight into material business affairs, and lent him a certain remarkableinhuman force.
    • 1853, Charles Dickens,Bleak House‎[2], Houghton Mifflin Company, page11:
      The organism that embraces this theme in its devious ramifications is the great business house of Dombey and Son, symptom and epitome of selfish money power and warping tyranny. And the special symbol that spells wreckage, devastation, and the unleashed violence of theinhuman force that thus came to possess mankind is that new monster of the mid-nineteenth-century world, heartless embodiment of mechanized energy, the railroad —the same railroad so often pictured in the Punch of those days or in the maledictions of Ruskin as a glaring, headlit engine of destruction, gouging open the green English landscape or the outposts of London, riding down the lives of men, and bringing the smoke and soot of industrialism in its wake: the dragon of a world grown heartless and of a future that promised to become more heartless still.
    • 1913, Romain Rolland,Jean-Christophe: Journey's End: Love and Friendship, the Burrning Bush, the New Dawn‎[3], Henry Holt Company, page151:
      However, Christophe, having less penetration than Francoise, said to himself that love is a blind,inhuman force, throwing those together who cannot bear with each other. Love joins those together who are like each other. And what love inspires is very small compared with what it destroys. If it be happy it dissolves the will.
    • 1915, George A. Birmingham,Gossamer‎[4], Methuen Company, Limited, pages284-285:
      He sees their actions conditioned and to gome extent controlled by the influences of majesticinhuman powers, the genii of Eastern tales, huge, cloud-girt spirits of oppressive solemnity. In reality most people wear motley all day long and the fairy powers are leprechauns, tricksy irresponsible sprites, willing enough to make merry with those who can laugh with them; but players of all Puck’s tricks on “wisest aunts telling saddest tales".
    • 1920,The Saturday Evening Post‎[5], G. Graham, page147:
      “Well, so you are,’ Martha answered. ‘It struck me once or twice. You don’t ook like him, but you’ve got the same voice ind walk and you appear to have the same ‘ort of inhuman strength. Look at this.”
    • 1921,The Independent 1921-12-03: Volume 106, Issue 3794‎[6], Open Court Publishing Company, page147:
      For Eugene O’Neill the sea is usually the constant symbol of these eternal realities, theinhuman powers of nature against which men and women must measure their puny strength.

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Seenonhuman § Usage notes.

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Translations

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of or pertaining to inhumanity
cruel and savage, not humane

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Galician

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Verb

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inhuman

  1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofinhumar

German

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Adjective

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inhuman (strong nominative masculine singularinhumaner,comparativeinhumaner,superlativeaminhumansten)

  1. inhumane
    Antonym:human

Declension

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Positive forms ofinhuman
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristinhumansieistinhumanesistinhumansiesindinhuman
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeinhumanerinhumaneinhumanesinhumane
genitiveinhumaneninhumanerinhumaneninhumaner
dativeinhumaneminhumanerinhumaneminhumanen
accusativeinhumaneninhumaneinhumanesinhumane
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederinhumanedieinhumanedasinhumanedieinhumanen
genitivedesinhumanenderinhumanendesinhumanenderinhumanen
dativedeminhumanenderinhumanendeminhumanendeninhumanen
accusativedeninhumanendieinhumanedasinhumanedieinhumanen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeininhumanereineinhumaneeininhumanes(keine)inhumanen
genitiveeinesinhumaneneinerinhumaneneinesinhumanen(keiner)inhumanen
dativeeineminhumaneneinerinhumaneneineminhumanen(keinen)inhumanen
accusativeeineninhumaneneineinhumaneeininhumanes(keine)inhumanen
Comparative forms ofinhuman
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristinhumanersieistinhumaneresistinhumanersiesindinhumaner
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeinhumanererinhumanereinhumaneresinhumanere
genitiveinhumanereninhumanererinhumanereninhumanerer
dativeinhumanereminhumanererinhumanereminhumaneren
accusativeinhumanereninhumanereinhumaneresinhumanere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederinhumaneredieinhumaneredasinhumaneredieinhumaneren
genitivedesinhumanerenderinhumanerendesinhumanerenderinhumaneren
dativedeminhumanerenderinhumanerendeminhumanerendeninhumaneren
accusativedeninhumanerendieinhumaneredasinhumaneredieinhumaneren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeininhumanerereineinhumanereeininhumaneres(keine)inhumaneren
genitiveeinesinhumanereneinerinhumanereneinesinhumaneren(keiner)inhumaneren
dativeeineminhumanereneinerinhumanereneineminhumaneren(keinen)inhumaneren
accusativeeineninhumanereneineinhumanereeininhumaneres(keine)inhumaneren
Superlative forms ofinhuman
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuter
predicativeeristaminhumanstensieistaminhumanstenesistaminhumanstensiesindaminhumansten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativeinhumansterinhumansteinhumanstesinhumanste
genitiveinhumansteninhumansterinhumansteninhumanster
dativeinhumansteminhumansterinhumansteminhumansten
accusativeinhumansteninhumansteinhumanstesinhumanste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativederinhumanstedieinhumanstedasinhumanstedieinhumansten
genitivedesinhumanstenderinhumanstendesinhumanstenderinhumansten
dativedeminhumanstenderinhumanstendeminhumanstendeninhumansten
accusativedeninhumanstendieinhumanstedasinhumanstedieinhumansten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeeininhumanstereineinhumansteeininhumanstes(keine)inhumansten
genitiveeinesinhumansteneinerinhumansteneinesinhumansten(keiner)inhumansten
dativeeineminhumansteneinerinhumansteneineminhumansten(keinen)inhumansten
accusativeeineninhumansteneineinhumansteeininhumanstes(keine)inhumansten

Further reading

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  • “inhuman” inDuden online
  • “inhuman” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Verb

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inhuman

  1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofinhumar
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