semihumanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

semihuman (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of semi-human
   • 1909 March 1, “Missing Link”, in Progress^[1], page 171:

     It narrates how some skeletons were found in one of the French Departments semihuman in character, the body apish, and the skull human.

   • 1967 April 21, “Behavioral Research: Rehumamized Chimps”, in TIME^[2]:

     "In the forest," Kortlandt says, "the semihuman element in the behavior of apes faded away to a large extent."

   • 1994 February 21, “SEGA!”, in BusinessWeek^[3]:

     Four stories up, young game creators in T-shirts peck away at Silicon Graphics Inc. workstations, putting semihuman figures through movements that defy gravity and logic.

   • 2005 September 22, John C. Yoder, “"The Pygmies Were Our Compass": Bantu and Batwa in the History of West Central Africa, Early Times to c. 1900 CE(Book review)”, in The Historian^[4]:

     Somewhat like people in the ancient and medieval world, who imagined semihuman creatures standing between animal life and civilization, modern observers often assume Pygmies are Stone Age relics who exist as social fossils in the deep recesses of the equatorial forests.

名詞

semihuman (複数形 semihumans)

1. Alternative form of semi-human

語源

semi- +‎ human

形容詞

semi-human (not comparable)

1. Partially humanlike.
   • 1912 September 6, “Say Life Problem Cannot Be Solved”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The greater exposure to danger which these more adventurous spirits encountered and the constant struggles that these semi-human creatures must have had with definite enemies no less than with the forces of nature provided factors which rapidly weeded out those unfitted for the new conditions, and by natural selection made real men of the survivors.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     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.

   • 1955 January 17, “Science: Ever-Populated Valley”, in TIME‎^[2]:

     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.

   • 1977 May 25, Gary Arnold, “'Star Wars': A Spectacular Intergalactic Joyride”, in The Washington Post‎^[3]:

     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.

   • 2000 September 18, Dolly Setton, “Invasion of the Virbots”, in Forbes‎^[4]:

     Rea is the creation of Professor Justine Cassell, a cognitive psychologist and linguistics expert. Rea is a virtual mannequin that seems semi-human.

名詞

semi-human (複数形 semi-humans)

1. Any creature that is partly human or human-like.

アナグラム

• Humeanism