abhuman

English

Etymology

From ab- +‎ human.

Adjective

abhuman (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly science fiction) Having some human characteristics, but others which are alien or monstrous; partially human. [from 20th c.]
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 279:
      You're a morbid abhuman bastard, Holmes…where were you when they built Treblinka and Dachau?

Noun

abhuman (plural abhumans)

  1. (science fiction) A partially human creature.
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