subhuman

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any sentient creature that is subhuman. offensive,sometimes
    — Near-synonym: nonperson
形容词 adj.
  1. Less than human.; As asserted of humans. offensive,often
    — A secret to Nazi power was that anyone from the ingroup could be turned upon and labeled as subhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered".
  2. Less than human.; As asserted of animals.
    — We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.

词形变化

more subhuman comparative most subhuman superlative subhumans plural

词汇关系

衍生词
subhumanize subhumanly subhumanness

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
English subhuman
From sub- + human.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
English subhuman
From sub- + human.
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