infrahuman

infrahuman

English

Etymology

From infra- +‎ human.

Adjective

infrahuman (comparative more infrahuman, superlative most infrahuman)

1. Below the level of the human.
   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     By his hubristic defiance of time, Dorian wanders into an infrahuman realm where he is at the mercy of pitiless daemonic agents.

Noun

infrahuman (plural infrahumans)

1. (psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.