humanlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English humanlike From human + -like.
Meanings
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Having characteristics of a human.
They say that making these systems act like humanlike entities, rather than as tools with no inner life, creates cognitive dissonance for users about what exactly they are interacting with and how much to trust it.
2025 December 19, Kashmir Hill, “Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025:Crows are humanlike in their creativity and their ability to thrive in the ecosystems we shape, so their presence looks to some observers like an extension of human disruption.
2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 169:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most humanlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more humanlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |