Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

    unmenschlich, unmenschlich, inhuman

    бесчелове́чныйbesčelovéčnyj, антигума́нныйantigumánnyj, жесто́кийžestókij

    нелю́дськийneljúdsʹkyj, нелю́дянийneljúdjanyj, негума́ннийnehumánnyj

  2. Transcending or different than what is human.

More definitions
  • belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
  • without compunction or human feeling

Examples

12 sentences
  1. You expect people to be inhuman caricatures.

  2. There was something unnatural and inhuman about the face.

  3. Their faces looked inhuman, covered with scarlet and black paint.

  4. The right of reason does not exist where inhuman power reigns.

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  5. We reject impunity for those responsible for war crimes and inhuman acts.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to inhumanity:
cruel and savage, not humane:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to inhumanity:
cruel and savage, not humane:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to inhumanity:
cruel and savage, not humane:

Origin

From Middle English inhumayne, from Middle French inhumain and its etymon Latin inhūmānus.

From Middle English inhumayne, from Middle French inhumain and its etymon Latin inhūmānus.

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Forms

more inhuman, most inhuman
Comparativemore inhuman Lesson
Superlativemost inhuman Lesson

regular

Synonyms

60 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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