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UNHUMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unhuman mean?
• UNHUMAN (adjective)
The adjective UNHUMAN has 1 sense:
1. divested of human qualities or attributes
Familiarity information: UNHUMAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divested of human qualities or attributes
Synonyms:
dehumanised; dehumanized; unhuman
Similar:
nonhuman (not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings)
Context examples
There was something so panther-like in the movement—something so unhuman, that it seemed to sober us all from the shock of his coming.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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