infrahuman
nounEtymology From infra- + human.
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Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.
infrahuman
adjEtymology From infra- + human.
› Below the level of the human.
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In a spiritual or metaphysical way.
- By his hubristic defiance of time, Dorian wanders into an infrahuman realm where he is at the mercy of pitiless daemonic agents.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
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Archaic In a taxonomic way that views humans as innately superior to other primates and other mammals.