subhuman

adj

1. (offensive, often)Lacking characteristics of a human in a way judged to be less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).

   “A secret to Nazi power was that anyone from the ingroup could be turned upon and labeled as subhuman scum when some alleged Jewish ancestry was suddenly "discovered".”

2. (offensive, often)Lacking characteristics of a human in a way judged to be less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).

   “We say dolphin intelligence is subhuman; I suspect dolphins say our intelligence is subdolphin.”

   “In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.”

noun

1. (offensive, usually)Any sentient creature, especially a humanoid one, which is less than human by some value judgment, opinion, or belief system (as for example an anthropocentric view of nonhuman primates or a Nazi view of various human outgroups).

   “Near-synonym: nonperson”