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infrahuman

American  
[in-fruh-hyoo-muhn, -yoo-] / ˌɪn frəˈhyu mən, -ˈyu- /

adjective

  1. less than human; subhuman.


Etymology

Origin of infrahuman

First recorded in 1870–75; infra- + human

Example Sentences

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But the infrahuman world may also be judged after the analogy of our fundamental faculties.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

To me it seems that thoroughgoing knowledge of the lives of the infrahuman primates would inevitably make for human betterment.

From The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

In the light of these results, it is obviously desirable that all studies of infrahuman organisms, but especially those of the various primates, should be made to contribute to the solution of our human problems.

From The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

In other words, it is wholly at variance with the principle of trial and error exhibited by many infrahuman organisms.

From The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

Never before has a curve of learning like this been obtained from an infrahuman animal.

From The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

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