nonhuman
/nɑnhjˈumən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not human; not of the human race.
Example Sentences
- "nonhuman animals"
- "nonhuman agents"
- "Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us."
- "Much, perhaps most, Minecraft fiction follows the robinsonade template, emphasizing the day-to-day life of a character, including nonhuman characters, striving to survive and thrive in a recognizably Minecraftian world by utilizing its resources."
- "The dialectical obverse of this use of opium is the fear that opium will turn humans into nonhumans or antihumans."
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- Latin hūmānusbor. Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human English nonhuman From non- + human.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology.