subhuman
Example Sentences
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“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
The track might be jarring, but it effectively captures the pain of being treated as subhuman.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
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
