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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
"Inhuman" vs. "Nonhuman"
I recently used "inhuman" to mean "not human/supernatural" but somebody corrected me, saying that "inhuman" means "cruel, lacking sympathy" and that I should use "nonhuman" instead.
Some dictionaries list "not human" as a secondary or tertiary definition of "inhuman". Is this a very uncommon usage? If I used the word in this way, would readers misunderstand?
Some dictionaries list "not human" as a secondary or tertiary definition of "inhuman". Is this a very uncommon usage? If I used the word in this way, would readers misunderstand?
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Hi, I'd avoid using the word in that way. Clive
- Hi, I'd avoid using the word in that way.
- Clive
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