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单词 sub-man
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sub-mann.

Brit. /ˈsʌbman/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌmæn/
Inflections: Plural sub-men.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, man n.1
Etymology: < sub- prefix + man n.1 Sometimes specifically after German Untermensch untermensch n. Compare earlier subhuman n. and also underman n.
A person who stands in an inferior relation to another; esp. one of inferior development, ability, or race; a brutal or stupid man.In quot. 1840: an attendant, an aide.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun]
lowerc1175
nethererc1443
inferior?1504
puny1579
under-being1587
puisne1592
subaltern1605
little sistera1634
undermatcha1661
wretch1688
sub-man1840
missing link1863
small-timer1910
1840 F. W. Taylor Flag Ship I. xi. 337 Here, one of the sub-men suggested that some of it had been buried, and could not be found.
1921 R. A. Freeman Social Decay 250 Psychically, the British sub-man presents many resemblances to aboriginal primitive man.
1951 N. M. Gunn Well at World's End xxix. 277 The Cromagnons, those sub-men who painted their bisons on the walls of far interior caves.
1987 S. J. Lee European Dictatorships iv. 172 The main obstacle to this [sc. social fusion] was what Hitler called ‘subman’, who threatened to ‘pollute’ the Aryan race.
2004 P. Viereck Unadjusted Man in Age of Overadjustment (new ed.) p. xi. The would-be superman and the vilest sub-man are but opposite sides of the same counterfeit coin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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