subhuman

Example Sentences

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“After the war, people talked about it with the idea that the Nazis were subhuman monsters,” Max Heppner said.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

“It was subhuman conditions — and then there’s the toll it takes on your mind.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

The Equal Protection Clause was ratified not to make white people colorblind, but rather to ensure that Black people were no longer treated as subhuman.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2023

More than that, it’s important to remember that superhuman and subhuman are both something other than human.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2019

In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of “B-B! . . . B-B!” always filled him with horror.

From "1984" by George Orwell