inhimillisessä

Inhimillisessä is a grammatical form of the Finnish adjective inhimillinen, meaning humane or human-related. It signals a location or aspect within the realm of humanity, and is commonly used in phrases such as inhimillisessä mielessä (in a human sense) or inhimillisessä kontekstissa (in a human context). The form is typical in ethical, social, or philosophical discourse where human feelings, dignity and fallibility are relevant.

Inhimillinen derives from the noun ihmis- (human being) through the derivational suffix -llinen, which yields an adjective describing relation to humans. The inessive suffix -ssa/-ssä gives inhimillisessä. Other forms include nominative inhimillinen, genitive inhimillisen, and the rest of the standard Finnish inflection. The corresponding noun inhimillisyys expresses humanness or humanity. Verbs built on the root include inhimmillistää (to humanize) and inhimmillistyä (to become humane).

Usage notes: the word commonly describes actions, policies, or attitudes that show consideration for people, compassion, or decency, contrasting with cruel or mechanical behavior. It carries a formal or philosophical tone; in everyday language, humaani is a frequent synonym. Phrases such as inhimillisessä mielessä or toiminta inhimillisessä hengessä emphasize a human-centered or humane interpretation of a situation.

See also: inhimillisyys; inhimmillistää; inhimmillistyä; humaani; ihminen.