Must-Know Vocabulary

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Basic Terminology about "human"-like features.

Word	Meaning
Anthropoid-Body	Person with a humanoid form or features
Thereon-Body	Person lacking humanoid features
Humanoid	Old description in the “Prevalent Tongue” for Anthropoid-Body people during the Nation. Currently used as a vulgar description or even an insult (depending on the region).
Human	Shortened version of humanoid to refer to a species (see Humans)
Anthropoid	(usually) Anthropoid-Body people who see humanoid features as a natural imperfection that unites them. Mostly found in the main area of the CTIA, especially privileged areas, and get compared to the Nation more often than not. Tend to exclude Thereon-Body species as well as humans themselves.
Thereon	Mostly non- or less-humanoid looking and prefer to dislike those with those features. Feel strongly against humans.