infrahuman

From infra- +‎ human.

infrahuman (comparative more infrahuman, superlative most infrahuman)

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

      Antonyms: suprahuman, superhuman

      • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

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

   2. (archaic) In a taxonomic way that views humans as innately superior to other primates and other mammals.

      Synonyms: nonhuman (current usage), subhuman (archaic usage)

      Coordinate term: prehuman

infrahuman (plural infrahumans)

1. (psychology) A creature that is not (yet) at the level of understanding of a human being, such as a presymbolic child or an animal.