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nonhuman en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human English nonhuman From non- + human.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not human; not of the human race.
   • nonhuman agents
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • nonhuman animals

Forms

Deriveds

nonhumanness

Synonyms

ahuman

nonhuman en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human English nonhuman From non- + human.

Meanings

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:

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Synonyms

extrahuman