1
[ adjective ] less than human or not worthy of a human being

Examples

"treated natives as subhuman" "a subhuman spectacle" "the subhuman primates"

Used in print

(John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)

Thus the image of man has suffered complete fragmentation in personal and spiritual qualities , and complete objectification in sub-human and quasi mechanistic powers .

Related terms

superhuman infrahuman

2
[ adjective ] unfit for human beings

Examples

"subhuman conditions of life"

Related terms

unfit

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Rhymes with

nonhuman human inhuman superhuman human albumin acumen bitumen schumann newman yeoman rumen neumann lumen hermann herman bitumen haman hymen crewman yemen truman houseman housman superman zukerman bowman bowmen forewoman woman bushman abdomen ermine lumberman hellman hoffman hoffmann newsman headman hangman omen timberman gentlewoman showman councilwoman lobsterman congresswoman noblewoman alabaman bozeman backwoodsman boatman newswoman footman woodman wolfman goodman pullman cowman roman abdomen policewoman amman chairwoman determine assemblywoman businesswoman huntsman cameraman german sherman predetermine headsman uncommon whitman horsemen horseman sermon henchman bergman bellman barman bagman henchmen plowman harriman alderman spokeswoman englishwoman saleswoman greco-roman ombudsman nobleman mormon yachtsman brakeman anchorman determine shaman summon gammon famine simon damon daemon demon semen zeeman liman cayman lemon lemmon laymen seaman common lawman layman salmon seamen zaman riemann predetermine postman committeeman fisherman irishman gunman penman armin feynman ekman eichmann airman admen adman linemen lineman gentleman assemblyman countryman councilman counselman congressman backgammon infantrymen infantryman rifleman talisman gentleman freeman norman steinman doberman coachman cinnamon reexamine waterman watermen letterman postman goldman gilman policeman pitman wireman antihistamine pigman sportsman foremen foramen foreman packman fireman firemen oarsman specimen eastman tuchman draftsman draftsmen dolman craftsman tubman carmine lockman lippmann chapman chairman chessman workman jazzmen kaufman jasmine townsman tasman whitman weismann wingman watchman pitchman

Phonetic and Homophones

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