infrahuman

comparative more infrahuman · superlative most infrahuman

1. Below the level of the human.
   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

      Antonyms: suprahuman, superhuman

   2. archaicIn a taxonomic way that views humans as innately superior to other primates and other mammals.

      Synonyms: nonhuman, subhuman

plural infrahumans

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