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antihuman

adj

Etymology

From anti- + human.

  1. derived from hūmānus
  2. derived from humain
  3. derived from humain
  4. inherited from humaigne
  5. formed as antihuman — “anti- + human”

Definitions

  1. Opposed to humanity.

    • I would like this antihuman woman to know that she has played right into the hands of abusers everywhere by making this claim.
    • I've rarely seen a sculptural object express contradictions so well: they're both human and antihuman, squat and vertical (because of the drapery folds), heavy and light.

  2. Describing an antibody that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant…

    Describing an antibody that reacts with any antigen found in (and with some relevant degree of specificity to) humans.

  3. A being that opposes, or typifies the opposite of, the human race.

    • The dialectical obverse of this use of opium is the fear that opium will turn humans into nonhumans or antihumans. Wild beasts, addicts, and Orientals are alike feared as antihumans, negations of humans.
    • These witches, the human antihumans, are the most prevalent and present evil in the world.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A human being made of antimatter.

      • Heavy antielements such as antigold and antiuranium belong to science fiction and not to science. So do antihumans.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antihuman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA