Definitionen
1.AdjectiveLacking characteristics of a human in a way judged to be less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).
As tendentiously asserted of humans."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".; We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.; In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain."
2.AdjectiveAs tendentiously asserted of humans."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"."
3.AdjectiveAs anthropocentrically asserted of nonhuman animals, especially in centuries past."We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.; In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain."
4.NounAny sentient creature, especially a humanoid one, which is less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).