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Definition of Subhuman

1. Adjective. Less than human or not worthy of a human being. "The subhuman primates"

2. Adjective. Unfit for human beings. "Subhuman conditions of life"

Definition of Subhuman

1. Adjective. Less than human; lacking characteristics of a human. ¹

2. Noun. Anything which is less than human. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subhuman

1. one that is less than human [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subhuman

subheading subheadings subheadline subheadlines subheads subhedral subhelic arc subhepatic subhertz subhexagonal

subhistories subhistory subhorizon subhorizontal subhornblendic subhuman (current term) subhumans subhumid subhyaloid subhyoidean

subidea subideas subidentities subidentity subiect subiects subimago subimagos subincusation subincusations

Literary usage of Subhuman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diurnal Course of Efficiency by Howard D. Marsh (1906)
"subhuman Data 1. Plant Life.—The following statements are of some interest for comparison with human data. Sachs says, "If a plant, which has been exposed ..."

2. Treatise on Sociology, Theoretical and Practical by Henry Hughes (1854)
"Animate power is human and subhuman. Persons and things, are a government's power. ... In the respect of inanimate and subhuman power or chattel wealth; ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"With creatures which lead solitary lives, the nature of subhuman justice is thus sufficiently expressed; but on passing to gregarious creatures, ..."

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