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subhuman(dictionary)

kleptolagnia (iou) and subhuman (iou)


kleptolagnia (iou)



kleptolagnia noun. E20.
[formed as KLEPTOMANIA + Greek lagneia lust, after ALGOLAGNIA.]
Psychiatry. The practice of achieving sexual arousal through stealing; the compulsive urge to steal for this purpose.

subhuman (iou)



subhuman adjective & noun. L18.
[from SUB- 5, 6 + HUMAN.]
A. adjective. Not quite human, less than human; of a lower order of being than the human; fig. debased, savage, bestial. Also, (of a primate) closely related to humans. L18.
b. noun. A subhuman person or creature. M20.
subhu'manity noun the quality of being subhuman; rare subhumans collectively: E20.
subhumanly adverb E20.