nonhuman
adjective
non·hu·man
ˌnän-ˈhyü-mən 
-ˈyü-
: not human: such as
a
: being other than a human being
a nonhuman primate/animal
b
: not belonging to, appropriate to, or produced by human beings
nonhuman noises
nonhuman cells
nonhuman
noun
Discarding the doctrine of human dignity can mean lowering the moral status of humans or raising the moral status of nonhumans, and Mr. Rachels's emphasis is ultimately on the latter.
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Robert Wright
Robert Wright
Examples of nonhuman in a Sentence
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But the space agency reportedly euthanized what appeared to be its last 27 nonhuman primates on a single day in 2019.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The notion that nonhuman animals are clued in to what’s happening in one another’s minds has been controversial among animal-cognition researchers.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
Supply chains are often talked about in nonhuman corporate terms, but they are made up of people whose livelihoods depend on them.
—1000 Landscapes For 1 Billion People, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Of the viruses known to infect humans, about 80% are naturally occurring in nonhuman hosts, primarily in mammals and birds and, to a lesser extent, in arthropods and other wildlife.
—Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
The notion of nonhuman animal rights has perturbed numerous legal scholars, prominent among them Richard A. Posner, a former federal judge who taught at the University of Chicago.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Between 2020 and 2022, Cambodia provided the U.S. with about 18,000 of the roughly 30,000 nonhuman primates that were imported each year.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
But Reddy told me that teasing could be an additional clue that nonhuman primates routinely guess at what other individuals are thinking, and use that intel to guide their own actions and further refine their social instincts.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
Lake points out that these quirks don’t align with the kinds of words children learn most quickly, which suggests the model has nonhuman idiosyncrasies.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The notion that nonhuman animals are clued in to what’s happening in one another’s minds has been controversial among animal-cognition researchers.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
Supply chains are often talked about in nonhuman corporate terms, but they are made up of people whose livelihoods depend on them.
—1000 Landscapes For 1 Billion People, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Of the viruses known to infect humans, about 80% are naturally occurring in nonhuman hosts, primarily in mammals and birds and, to a lesser extent, in arthropods and other wildlife.
—Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
The notion of nonhuman animal rights has perturbed numerous legal scholars, prominent among them Richard A. Posner, a former federal judge who taught at the University of Chicago.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Between 2020 and 2022, Cambodia provided the U.S. with about 18,000 of the roughly 30,000 nonhuman primates that were imported each year.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
But Reddy told me that teasing could be an additional clue that nonhuman primates routinely guess at what other individuals are thinking, and use that intel to guide their own actions and further refine their social instincts.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
Lake points out that these quirks don’t align with the kinds of words children learn most quickly, which suggests the model has nonhuman idiosyncrasies.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonhuman. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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