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humanoid, a. and n.|ˈhjuːmənɔɪd|
[f. human a. (n.) + -oid.]
A. adj. Of human form or character; man-like; spec. (a) distinguished from anthropoid as being more human in character (cf. hominoid a. and n.); (b) as a term in Science Fiction.
1918Mrs. D. G. Ritchie New Warden xvi. 186 Religion..had its origin in the funk and cunning of the humanoid ape. 1922Glasgow Herald 23 Dec. 4 Then came the separating off of the larger Anthropoid Apes, leaving the main stem humanoid. 1936C. J. Warden Emergence Human Culture iii. 87 The humanoid stock must become specialized along human lines or forever perish from the earth. 1952V. Nabokov Nabokov's Dozen (1959) 207 Inhabitants of foreign planets, ‘intelligent’ beings, humanoid or of various mythic makes. 1965Punch 7 Apr. 525/3 Ruined machinery..leads our heroes to a planet revolving around Altair, where they meet a humanoid race. 1966L. Cohen Beautiful Losers (1970) i. 96 It was just a shape of Edith: then it was just a humanoid shape: then it was just a shape.
B. n. A humanoid animal or being.
1925J. A. Thomson Concerning Evolution iii. 210 The humanoids and the anthropoids parting company between a million and two million years ago. 1936C. J. Warden Emergence Human Culture iii. 87 The humanoids that managed to survive from age to age became less ape-like and more man-like as time went on. 1958Manch. Guardian 26 Sept. 4/3 The humanoids who are accidentally brought to earth by these means inevitably turn out to be superior to us. 1965Listener 14 Jan. 56/2 The culmination is reached when peaceful humanoids are ruled by vicious insects or lizards. |