as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
years of grinding poverty that had reduced them to a subhuman existence
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Recent Examples of subhuman
Others, including Gali, say the term took on a darker tone that denigrates Native women, relegating them to a subhuman stature.
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Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
By modern standards, the story features a horrific representation of Neanderthals; Wells imagined them as subhuman creatures hellbent on hunting humans that were migrating into their territory.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
The subhuman invaders, as Raspail describes them, wallow in their own feces and delight in trampling over the misguided liberals who thought to welcome and feed them.
—Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
Many Black migrants are pushed to the fringes of border cities to wait in subhuman conditions.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
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Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
By modern standards, the story features a horrific representation of Neanderthals; Wells imagined them as subhuman creatures hellbent on hunting humans that were migrating into their territory.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
The subhuman invaders, as Raspail describes them, wallow in their own feces and delight in trampling over the misguided liberals who thought to welcome and feed them.
—Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
Many Black migrants are pushed to the fringes of border cities to wait in subhuman conditions.
—Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subhuman
Adjective
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This is her answer, in part: In terms of brute force and repression, the grip of the dictatorship in Cuba is as tight as ever.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025
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The United States should never seek to match China’s brute force approach to economic power.—
Steve Bowsher,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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England’s Champions Trophy campaign finally came to a brutal end when they were beaten by South Africa in Karachi by seven wickets with almost 21 overs to spare.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The free chow was served daily, except on Fridays, and continued through a brutal period of industrywide cost-cutting that persists to this day.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The likely source, investigators concluded: a playground sandbox that some feral cats used as a litter box.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
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What about feral reactions from fans at the stage door?—
Kate Lloyd,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Eggers certainly loves the guy, and Skarsgård’s ultra-committed performance allows the film to enjoy a contagious pleasure in returning the vampire archetype to its more bestial origins.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Dec. 2024
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The rape/bestial fetish is framed as a fantasy imagined by a woman, curiously beginning as an assault.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
31 July 2024
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“Subhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subhuman. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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