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Infrahuman

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Below the level of the human.; In a spiritual or metaphysical way.

    "By his hubristic defiance of time, Dorian wanders into an infrahuman realm where he is at the mercy of pitiless daemonic agents."

  2. 2
    Below the level of the human.; In a taxonomic way that views humans as innately superior to other primates and other mammals. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    belonging to a group below humans in evolutionary development wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From infra- + human.

Etymology 2

From infra- + human.

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