Title says all. This is purely 100% out of curiosity and by no means meant to
offend anyone. Problem is, I very rarely see 人外 used anywhere.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-04-05T21:02:03.393
66453
2019-04-07T01:23:55.223
33595
question
word-choice words word-usage
So I understand 人外 is an anagram of 外人, but does 外人人外 mean evil foreigner?
人外【じんがい】 is an uncommon and old-fashioned word. In fictional works, it
typically refers to evil monsters, undeads, Japanese yokai, etc. You won't see
this term often unless you're a fan of fantasy. Dictionaries say it also means
"evil/wicked", but from my experience, it's rarely used in this sense. 外人
means a foreigner. 人外 is an anagram of 外人, but this is basically just a
coincidence and you should not feel anything special here. There are [many
similar pairs](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/44246/5010) in Japanese.

With that being said, there was a time (30 years ago or so, if I remember
correctly) when 人外 was used jokingly as a slangy term for 外人. Wikipedia says
this was a (sarcastic) reaction to the ["外人 is derogatory"
movement](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/4131/5010). No one is using 人外
in this sense anymore, and you can safely forget this trivial fact.

Technically speaking, 人外外人 -- but not 外人人外 -- might mean "foreigner who is no
longer a human" or "highly immoral foreigner", but since 人外 itself is an
uncommon word, I haven't seen something like this.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-04-06T03:37:23.860
66462
2019-04-07T01:23:55.223
2019-04-07T01:23:55.223
9831
5010
66453
answer