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'''Human-ish''' was a term used to unfavourably describe people who were genetically close to [[human]]s. Like the [[Tylerkind]], who had genetically adapted to life on the mostly-aquatic [[Tyler's Folly]], human-ish people had slightly different, and undesirable, physiologies from the human baseline. According to [[Kommander]] [[Ernst Katastrophen]] and others, the word '''subhuman''' was a synonym. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'') Equally, at a much later period in history, [[Lady Cassandra]], who claimed to be "the last human", spoke as if humans were superior to the "human-ish". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | '''Human-ish''' was a term used to unfavourably describe people who were genetically close to [[human]]s. Like the [[Tylerkind]], who had genetically adapted to life on the mostly-aquatic [[Tyler's Folly]], human-ish people had slightly different, and undesirable, physiologies from the human baseline. According to [[Kommander]] [[Ernst Katastrophen]] and others, the word '''subhuman''' was a synonym. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'') Equally, at a much later period in history, [[Lady Cassandra]], who claimed to be "the last human", spoke as if humans were superior to the "human-ish". ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | ||
Thus, unlike the term ''[[humanoid]]'', ''human-ish'' was flatly derogatory. Indeed, the measurement of "human-ish-ness" was used in at least the [[26th century]] as a means of racial suppression by the [[SSSSSSS]]. In the middle of the century, legislation by the name of the [[First Demographic Charter of 2537]] arose which gave both power and definition to the measurement of a person's level of humanity. [[Bernice Summerfield]] found the SSSSSSS' efforts at genetic management on Tyler's Folly both laughable and worthy of her opposition. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'') | Thus, unlike the term ''[[humanoid]]'', ''human-ish'' was flatly derogatory. Indeed, the measurement of "human-ish-ness" was used in at least the [[26th century]] as a means of racial suppression by the [[SSSSSSS]]. In the middle of the century, legislation by the name of the [[First Demographic Charter of 2537]] arose which gave both power and definition to the measurement of a person's level of humanity. [[Bernice Summerfield]] found the SSSSSSS' efforts at genetic management on Tyler's Folly both laughable and worthy of her opposition. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Down (novel)|Down]]'') | ||
In the year [[5,000,000,000]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] listened while [[Lady Cassandra]] flatly implied that true humans were superior to the human-ish. Though genetics were a part of the way Cassandra vaguely defined the word, the term had at least a somewhat {{w|demonym|demonymic}} meaning for her, as she associated "true humanity" with having been born on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | In the year [[5,000,000,000]], the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] listened while [[Lady Cassandra]] flatly implied that true humans were superior to the human-ish. Though genetics were a part of the way Cassandra vaguely defined the word, the term had at least a somewhat {{w|demonym|demonymic}} meaning for her, as she associated "true humanity" with having been born on Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | ||
