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unhuman en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + human.

Meanings

1. Not resembling or having the qualities of a human being.
   • One of their book’s heroes is the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who overthrew the democratic Second Spanish Republic in the country’s 1930s civil war. The authors call him a “great man of history” and compare him to George Washington. They quote him on what doesn’t work against the unhuman threat: “We do not believe in government through the voting booth. The Spanish national will was never freely expressed through the ballot box.” 2024 August 5, Michelle Goldberg, “JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024:

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Deriveds

unhumanness · unhumanly

unhuman en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + human.

Meanings

1. One who is not human; nonhuman.
   • The book argues that leftists don’t deserve the status of human beings — that they are, as the title says, unhumans — and that they are waging a shadow war against all that is good and decent, which will end in apocalyptic slaughter if they are not stopped. 2024 August 5, Michelle Goldberg, “JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024:

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unhuman en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + human.

Meanings

1. To make less human; to remove human qualities.

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Relateds

subhuman · inhumane · inhuman