antihuman

See also: anti-human

English

Etymology

anti- + human

Adjective

antihuman (comparative more antihuman, superlative most antihuman)

  1. Opposed to humanity
    • 1991 April 26, Name withheld, “Our Abusive Critics”, in Chicago Reader:
      I would like this antihuman woman to know that she has played right into the hands of abusers everywhere by making this claim.
    • 1999 February 19, Fred Camper, “Form Follows Dysfunction”, in Chicago Reader:
      I've rarely seen a sculptural object express contradictions so well: they're both human and antihuman, squat and vertical (because of the drapery folds), heavy and light.
  2. (immunology, not comparable) Describing an antibody that reacts with the immunoglobins found in humans.

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