Humanish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like or befitting a human, especially in appearance, character, nature, etc.; humanlike; humane

    "In the case of other-minds scepticism, things are less clear; if the sceptic were to ask someone to cite the basis of her claim to know that another humanish creature was possessed of a mind or soul, what might she say?"

Synonyms

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anthropic

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"In the case of other-minds scepticism, things are less clear; if the sceptic were to ask someone to cite the basis of her claim to know that another humanish creature was possessed of a mind or soul, what might she say?"

Etymology

From human + -ish. Piecewise doublet of humanesque.

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