Infrahuman

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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.
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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From infra- + human.

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.