abhuman

adj, noun — 2 senses

abhuman

adj

Etymology From ab- + human.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human.

You're a morbid abhuman bastard, Holmes…where were you when they built Treblinka and Dachau?1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 279:

abhuman

noun

Etymology From ab- + human.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A partially human creature.

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