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I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Meaning of "inhuman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INHUMAN

inhuman  [ɪnˈhjuːmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INHUMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inhuman is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INHUMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inhuman

Inhuman may refer to: ▪ Inhuman, a 2000 album by Desecration ▪ Inhumans, a fictional race in Marvel Comics ▪ Inhuman, a comic book series focusing on Inhumans ▪ Inhuman Games, a game company It may also refer to: ▪ Inhuman Condition, a 1992 EP from the band Massacre ▪ The Inhuman Condition, Sam Roberts' breakthrough album ▪ Inhuman Grotesqueries, a 2007 LP from the band Malignancy ▪ Inhuman Rampage, a 2006 album by the British band DragonForce ▪ Inhuman Torch, a Marvel Comics character...

Definition of inhuman in the English dictionary

The definition of inhuman in the dictionary is Also: inhumane,. lacking humane feelings, such as sympathy, understanding, etc; cruel; brutal. Other definition of inhuman is not human.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INHUMAN


antihuman
ˌæntɪˈhjuːmən
crewman
ˈkruːmən
decuman
ˈdɛkjuːmən
human
ˈhjuːmən
ichneumon
ɪkˈnjuːmən
infrahuman
ˌɪnfrəˈhjuːmən
Newman
ˈnjuːmən
nonhuman
ˌnɒnˈhjuːmən
panhuman
pænˈhjuːmən
prehuman
priːˈhjuːmən
preterhuman
ˌpriːtəˈhjuːmən
protohuman
ˌprəʊtəʊˈhjuːmən
Schumann
ˈʃuːmən
subhuman
sʌbˈhjuːmən
superhuman
ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmən
Trueman
ˈtruːmən
Truman
ˈtruːmən
ultrahuman
ˌʌltrəˈhjuːmən
unhuman
ʌnˈhjuːmən
Yuman
ˈjuːmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INHUMAN

inhibitory
inholder
inholding
inhomogeneity
inhomogeneous
inhoop
inhospitable
inhospitableness
inhospitably
inhospitality
inhumane
inhumanely
inhumanities
inhumanity
inhumanly
inhumanness
inhumate
inhumation
inhume
inhumer

WORDS THAT END LIKE INHUMAN

as one man
batman
cayman
chairman
Coleman
freeman
german
half-human
Hanuman
Hoffman
man
Oman
quadruman
roman
Schuman
superman
to a man
virtual human
woman
zaman

Synonyms and antonyms of inhuman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INHUMAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inhuman» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inhuman

Translation of «inhuman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INHUMAN

Find out the translation of inhuman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inhuman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inhuman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不人道的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inhumano
570 millions of speakers

English

inhuman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमानवीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إنسانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесчеловечного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desumano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অমানুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inhumain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berperikemanusiaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unmenschlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冷酷な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비인간적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kejem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô nhân đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதத்தன்மையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमानुष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insanlık dışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inumano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieludzkiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нелюдського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inumane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απάνθρωπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onmenslike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

omänsklig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

umenneskelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inhuman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INHUMAN»

The term «inhuman» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.285 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INHUMAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inhuman» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inhuman» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inhuman

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10 QUOTES WITH «INHUMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inhuman.
1
Gerry Adams
If I didn't forgive the people who took me into the barracks and beat me unconscious over a period of days during the period when the British state was indicted for inhuman and degrading treatment in 1971-72, or even the guys who shot me, if you don't forgive them, you end up with unnecessary baggage.
2
Marian Anderson
Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.
3
Ivo Andric
One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.
4
Guillaume Apollinaire
Artists are, above all, men who want to become inhuman.
5
David Attenborough
We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and it's not an inhuman thing to say. It's the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it's going to get worse and worse.
6
James Baldwin
Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.
7
Alan Bullock
The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way.
8
Eldridge Cleaver
You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman.
9
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged.
10
Joyce DeWitt
Hollywood can be brutal, inhuman, the opposite of what the theatre is, and I had little desire to be part of it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INHUMAN»

Discover the use of inhuman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inhuman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inhuman Bondage : The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New ...
The heart of the book looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters, the rise of the Cotton Kingdom, the daily life of ordinary slaves, the highly destructive internal, long-distance slave trade, the sexual ...
David Brion Davis Sterling Professor of History Yale University (Emeritus), 2006
2
Inhuman
Transformed into murderous lizards by a brain-damaging accident, terorists stalk six couples attending a remote marriage counseling camp
John Russo, 1986
3
Inhuman Reflections: Thinking the Limits of the Human
This text asks what it is to be human. Spectres, cyborgs, clones, aliens - representations of the inhuman hybrid seem more various and multiform than ever before.
Scott Brewster, 2000
4
The Inhuman: Reflections on Time
This important contribution to aesthetic and philosophical debates will be of great interest to students in philosophy, literary and cultural theory and politics. “Extremely important for everyone interested in issues of (post)modern ...
Jean-François Lyotard, 1991
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Inhuman
Beauty versus beasts.
Kat Falls, 2013
6
Inhuman Nature: Sociable Life on a Dynamic Planet
This exciting book offers to make good the deficit by exploring how human activity and planetary processes impact upon each other.
Nigel Clark, 2010
7
The Inhuman Condition
Presents five horror tales, including a bloody parable of the body in revolt, a conundrum centered in a piece of string, a fable of Hell on Earth, a story of an unholy coupling of the living and the dead, and a vision of depravity.
Clive Barker, 2001
8
Inhuman research: medical experiments in German ...
The book also includes the names and biographical data of the doctors actively involved in the experiments, with photos of the main perpetrators.
Alfred Pasternak, 2006
9
Inhuman
With tuition fees looming, university student, Cassia Tiponi, is forced to offer herself as a guinea pig to the science department.
Danielle Q. Lee, 2010
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Inhuman Beings
Ex-cop-turned-private detective Goodwin Armstrong is baffled by the odd and dangerous things happening in San Francisco as his hotel mysteriously burns down, someone seems to know his every move, and a psychic warns him that something ...
Jerry Jay Carroll, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INHUMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inhuman is used in the context of the following news items.
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Organ harvest trade underlines inhuman violence of abortion
Organ harvest trade underlines inhuman violence of abortion. Taking foetal organs for profit requires obliteration of individuals' humanity. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Journalist quits in dispute over his grandmother's hospital …
Newsquest/Gannett reporter accuses bosses of 'inhuman and ... which he accuses his former bosses of an “inhuman and uncaring approach”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Agents of S.HI.E.L.D. Season 3's Expanasion Upon Inhumans …
He comes from a pessimistic view point, believing only those who are capable enough to live on as an Inhuman. He cares little about ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
4
Inhumans: The future of the MCU? | moviepilot.com
The Inhuman race are the byproduct of Kree modifications and selective breeding and as such have certain advantages such as: a lifespan of ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
5
'It's inhuman': Woman was dead and undiscovered for … - CTV News
The coroner's office in Montreal is investigating the case of a 67-year-old woman who died in a private seniors' home in April, but whose body ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
6
(Video - Photos) - Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty protest …
(Video - Photos) - Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty protest inhuman siege. Details: Thursday, 16 July 2015 15:59. Print · Email. Iranian refugees at Camp ... «NCR-Iran.org, Jul 15»
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What's coming up on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD? 9 things we found …
"I think the key for this year really rests on the word Inhuman and how great that's going to be," Marvel's head of television Jeph Loeb teased. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
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CRYSTAL Returns With New ALL-NEW INHUMANS Series …
"It's going to be dealing with new Inhuman characters, as well as a couple Inhuman characters you haven't seen since the launch of Inhuman.". «Newsarama, Jul 15»
9
Cruel, inhuman!
And the teenager finally died at one stage of the inhuman tortures by some beasts in human form as none came forward to save his life. «Prothom Alo, Jul 15»
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Comic-Con 2015: Marvel's 'SHIELD' getting a new Inhuman; 'Agent …
Marvel TV's panel, which included the casts of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Agent Carter," was a rousing success, if you go by decibel level and ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

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