🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

menschheitsfeindlich

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈmɛnʃ.haɪtsˌfaɪnt.lɪç/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Antihuman/ˌæn.tiˈhjuː.mən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Politik wurde als menschheitsfeindlich kritisiert."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Opposed or hostile to human beings, human nature, or human welfare and flourishing.

    "Critics argue that the sweeping automation policies of the corporation are thoroughly antihuman."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or entity that acts against or rejects human values, interests, or existence.

    "In the science fiction novel, the rogue artificial intelligence viewed itself as an antihuman force necessary for planetary balance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combining form 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti', meaning against or opposite) combined with 'human' (from Middle English 'humane', ultimately from Latin 'humanus'). It emerged in modern philosophical, literary, and sociological contexts to describe concepts, ideologies, or systems opposed to human interests, flourishing, or nature.

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