Semi-human
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semi-human is an adjective meaning Partially humanlike.
Meaning
Partially humanlike.
More Meanings
- Any creature that is partly human or human-like.
Example Sentences
Rea is the creation of Professor Justine Cassell, a cognitive psychologist and linguistics expert. Rea is a virtual mannequin that seems semi-human.
In one of the layers, close to the floor, are bones of Australopithecus prometheus, a small, spry primate whom Professor Dart considers at least semi-human.
Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
These characters prove wonderfully amusing company in their own right, but their entrances are enhanced by a fantastic, hilarious setting - a futuristic cantina catering to all the human, semi-human and non-human riffraff in the territory.
Word Forms
- semihuman
- semi-humans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include humanlike, human-like, semisentient, anthropomorphous, humanesque, humaniform.
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