非ひ人にん間げん的てき

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Meanings

na-adjective

inhuman; inhumane

Describes actions, conditions, or treatment that lack human warmth, compassion, or decency; often used for cruel, cold, or mechanical behavior.

その刑けい務む所しょの環かん境きょうは非ひ人にん間げん的てきだと批ひ判はんされた。
The prison conditions were criticized as inhumane.
彼かれの非ひ人にん間げん的てきな態たい度どに、周しゅう囲いは困こん惑わくした。
People around him were baffled by his inhuman attitude.

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Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
人person
間interval, space
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

残ざん酷こく
残酷 focuses on cruelty and brutality, while 非人間的 emphasizes a lack of human warmth or decency, often in a broader sense including cold or mechanical treatment.
冷つめたい
冷たい is a more general word for 'cold' in both physical and emotional senses; 非人間的 is stronger and specifically implies a violation of humane standards.

Opposites

ヒューマン
非人間的 means cold or inhumane, the direct opposite of the warm, humane sense of ヒューマン.

Built from

非ひ+人にん間げん的てき

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi-, 'non-'), 人間 (ningen, 'human'), and 的 (-teki, '-like'). The word follows a regular pattern for forming adjectives meaning 'lacking human qualities'.