humanlike

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -like.

Adjective

humanlike (comparative more humanlike, superlative most humanlike)

1. Having characteristics of a human.

   Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropomorphic, humanoid

   • 2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 169:

     Crows are humanlike in their creativity and their ability to thrive in the ecosystems we shape, so their presence looks to some observers like an extension of human disruption.

   • 2025 December 19, Kashmir Hill, “Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     They say that making these systems act like humanlike entities, rather than as tools with no inner life, creates cognitive dissonance for users about what exactly they are interacting with and how much to trust it.

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Translations

having characteristics of a human — see anthropoid,‎ anthropomorphic,‎ humanoid