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infrahuman

infrahuman adjective: in a spiritual or metaphysical way.

Adjective

infrahuman (comparative more infrahuman, superlative most infrahuman)

  1. In a spiritual or metaphysical way.
    • By his hubristic defiance of time, Dorian wanders into an infrahuman realm where he is at the mercy of pitiless daemonic agents.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
  2. (archaic) In a taxonomic way that views humans as innately superior to other primates and other mammals.
    Synonyms:
    nonhuman, subhuman

Noun

infrahuman (plural infrahumans)

  1. A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.

Synonyms of infrahuman

Antonyms

Forms of infrahuman

Adjective
comparativemore infrahuman
superlativemost infrahuman
Noun
pluralinfrahumans

Origin of infrahuman

From infra- + human.

Questions about infrahuman

What does infrahuman mean?
Infrahuman means in a spiritual or metaphysical way.
What part of speech is infrahuman?
Infrahuman can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near infrahuman in the dictionary

  1. infragranules
  2. infragravity
  3. infrahepatic
  4. infrahilar
  5. infrahisian
  6. infrahuman
  7. infrahumanisation
  8. infrahumanization
  9. infrahumans
  10. infrahyoid
  11. infrahyoidal

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