subhuman

1. Less than human.

   (offensive, often)As asserted of humans.

   A secret to Nazi power was that anyone from the ingroup could be turned upon and labeled as subhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered".

2. As asserted of animals.

   We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.

   In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.

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