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‖ untermensch|ˈʊntərmɛnʃ|
Pl. -menschen.
[Ger.]
Esp. with reference to the Nazi régime (1933–45): a racially inferior person, a sub-human person. Cf. übermensch.
1964Punch 13 May 723/1 A Negro American..is a benighted Untermensch. 1966Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 26 Mar. 34 To the Germans, Lithuanians were Untermenschen, a second-class people to be exploited and, when politically expedient, enslaved. 1974A. Goddard Vienna Pursuit ii. 60 The Jews were shown to be people beyond the pale—untermenschen who had murdered Christ. 1981R. Barnard Sheer Torture xii. 132 Maria-Luisa had been shouting insults... Comes from the gutter. Scum. Untermensch. |