subhuman
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [sʌbˈhjuːmən]
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]subhuman (comparative more subhuman, superlative most subhuman)
- (inherently emic, often offensive) Lacking characteristics of a human in a way judged to be less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).
- As tendentiously 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 as subhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered".
- As anthropocentrically asserted of nonhuman animals, especially in centuries past.
- Synonym: infrahuman
- We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.
- In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.
- As tendentiously asserted of humans.
Translations
[edit]less than human; lacking characteristics of a human
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Noun
[edit]subhuman (plural subhumans)
- (inherently emic, usually offensive) Any sentient creature, especially a humanoid one, which is less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).
- Synonym: untermensch
- Antonyms: superhuman, übermensch
- Hypernym: humanoid
- Near-synonym: nonperson
Translations
[edit]untermensch
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