subhuman

Meaning

Adj

1. (offensive, often) 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).
2. (offensive, often) 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).

Noun

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).

Synonyms

animal

🐾

brutish

dehumanized

inhuman

inhumane

unhuman

Untermensch

nearly human

dehumanised

Translations

sous-homme

Untermensch

ζωώδης

untermenschlich

subumano

infrahumano

subhumano

insandan aşağı

إنسان ثانوي

insanlık aşamasına ulaşamayan

unmenschlich

υπάνθρωπος

disumano

Pronounced as (IPA)

[sʌbˈhjuːmən]

Etymology

From sub- + human.