NONHUMAN Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

nonhuman

adjective

Definition of nonhuman

as in inhuman

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Recent Examples of nonhuman Take steps to lessen the potential impact on the victims of error—human and nonhuman. — Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 Amid the humor of any Waititi film is often a personal story about human relationships—this time it’s just told through a nonhuman being. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026 For instance, Argentina has created nonhuman corporations run entirely by AI agents. — Anjana Susarla, The Conversation, 12 June 2026 To Crowley and Dixit, their multispecies map is a natural extension of this worldview by identifying places meaningful to Penryn’s nonhuman residents and visitors. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonhuman

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Despite trying to break glass, rip through the foundation, and forcibly remove the door, something of the supernatural or at least thoroughly inhuman sort is keeping them inside.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
The State Department had designated and sanctioned Ghezel Hesar Prison in 2024 for gross human rights violations and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of inhuman

Adjective

Also sent moonward on that flight was the Hakuto-R Mission 2's Resilience, a robotic lunar lander developed by the Japanese company ispace.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Intuitive Machines — Shares of the maker of robotic spacecraft and landers designed to fly to the moon jumped 10%.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

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Extremist stories may claim that a group is under attack, that outsiders are dangerous or subhuman, or that violence is the only way to stay safe.

— Yu-Ru Lin, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
The labor movement undertook two fights, resisting workers being displaced by machines but also resisting workers being treated as machines, subhuman fodder fuelling technological progress.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of subhuman

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