Anti-human face of power

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chitraaa

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In this sentence written by me, has the underlined expression been correctly used?
By exposing the anti-human face of power that separates a mother from her child, the novel tries to critique the whole political system of today.
 

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What's the context? What novel are you writing about? What does the author mean by the phrase in bold?
 

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I don't understand what the phrase is supposed to mean, so no. What do you mean by 'anti-human'?
 

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Sorry I genuinely don't understand what could be baffling about the meaning of "anti-human" ("against humanity") here. Would the one-word "antihuman" be more correct? To me, the boldfaced usage is ordinary and the OP sentence a sufficient context.
 

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You might be looking for inhuman.
 

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Or "inhumane", since it is talking about mother-child relationship. "Anti-human" is too vague.
 
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