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nonhumanity en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + humanity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property of not being human.
    • For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy. 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 170: