nonhuman

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adjective

Not human; not of the human race.

“nonhuman agents”

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Meanings

adjectivenonhuman (not comparable)

alternative non-human

  1. not comparableNot human; not of the human race.

    nonhuman agents

    3 more examples

    nonhuman animals

    Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us.

    2019 January 29, Melvin Konner, “A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2019

    Much, perhaps most, Minecraft fiction follows the robinsonade template, emphasizing the day-to-day life of a character, including nonhuman characters, striving to survive and thrive in a recognizably Minecraftian world by utilizing its resources.

    2020, Michael T. Wilson, “Minecraft Fiction”, in Anne H. Stevens, Molly C. O’Donnell, editors, The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN

    Synonyms: ahuman

nounnonhuman (plural nonhumans)

plural nonhumans · alternative non-human

  1. A creature or thing that is not human.

    The dialectical obverse of this use of opium is the fear that opium will turn humans into nonhumans or antihumans.

    2002, Keith McMahon, The Fall of the God of Money, page 190

    Synonyms: extrahuman

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot human; not of the human race.

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nounA creature or thing that is not human.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Latinhūmānu
  15. Old Frenchumain
  16. Middle Frenchhumain
  17. Middle Englishhumayne
  18. Englishhuman
  19. Englishnonhuman

From non- + human.

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