nonhumanity

noun

nonhumanity

noun

Etymology From non- + humanity.

1

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:

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