abhuman

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adjective

Having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveabhuman (not comparable)
  1. not comparableliteratureHaving some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.First known use 20th c.

    You're a morbid abhuman bastard, Holmes…where were you when they built Treblinka and Dachau?

    1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 279
nounabhuman (plural abhumans)

plural abhumans

  1. literatureA partially human creature.

Origin

From ab- + human.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abhuman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abhuman.

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