homo sapien

noun

A member of the species Homo sapiens.

Meanings

homo sapien1

nounhomo sapien (plural homo sapiens)

plural homo sapiens

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Homo sapien.

Homo sapien2

nounHomo sapien (plural Homo sapiens)

plural Homo sapiens · alternative homo sapien

  1. nonstandardA member of the species Homo sapiens.

    2000, Lauretta Lueck, The Many Waters As we know, there were many types of hominids, and in various stages of development, but none were modern, or completely Homo sapien.

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    A child possesses no human nature at birth. At this time he is only a raw homo sapien with human nature potentials, ...

    1953, T. R. Schaffler, A Formula for the Process of Socialization, in Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol. 27, No. 2

    I think I'm sophisticated / 'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien

    1970, The Kinks, “Apeman”, in Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

    1982, Emmett Davis, The Ethics of Information Serving Homo Sapiens Vs. Homo Biblios, in Ethics and Reference Services In designing the institutions called libraries, we have underemphasized both the contribution each homo sapien, indeed each element of creation, is offering the universe and the support that records of knowledge can provide each homo sapien during portions of their lives to maximize those contributions.

    2003, Danny Pate, Creation The Anatomically modern Homo sapien was merely a beast who looked exactly like Man. That’s because God used this Anatomically modern Homo sapien as a prototype in creating Adam and Eve.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. taxonomic nameHomo sapiens
  2. EnglishHomo sapien

Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.

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