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Definition of Humanlike
1. Adjective. Suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things.
Definition of Humanlike
1. Adjective. Having characteristics of a human ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humanlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humanlike
Literary usage of Humanlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mind in the Lower Animals, in Health and Disease by William Lauder Lindsay (1880)
"humanlike behaviour at man's table, including the use of man's food and drink and
... humanlike conduct in human society, involving manners, or politeness, ..."
2. The Cosmic God: A Fundamental Philosophy in Popular Lectures by Isaac Mayer Wise (1876)
"Again isolated traits of humanlike intelligence or feeling in various animals,
... One humanlike trait here and another there scattered all over the animal ..."
3. The Philosophy of Natural Theology: As Essay, in Confutation of the by William Jackson (1875)
"Most men picture to themselves this ' beloved God ' as being thoroughly humanlike :
he is in their eyes an architect, who is engaged in carrying on the ..."
4. The Negro, His Origin, History and Destiny by Henry Parker Eastman (1905)
"that this humanlike creature is not human, but a beast. He says God made this
beast with such procreative pow- ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Investigation of additional species suggested that Old World primates have
humanlike responses of insulin level while the New World primates have no ..."
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