transhuman
More than human; superhumanMore than human; superhuman.
» Maybe hope for a better tomorrow, as in the document "Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies."
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3 sensesMore than human; superhuman.
Related to transhumanism.
Involving something beyond the merely human; transcending human limitations or boundaries.
Near-synonym: posthuman (sometimes synonymous)
Examples
1 sentencesMaybe hope for a better tomorrow, as in the document "Transhuman Perfection: The Eradication of Disability Through Transhuman Technologies."
Origin
From trans- + human, also attested as trans-human in the 1950s. Attributed to Teilhard deFrom trans- + human, also attested as trans-human in the 1950s. Attributed to Teilhard de Chardin, as French trans-humain (noun, sometimes capitalised as (le) Trans-humain), who used it alongside ultra-humain (“the ultra-human”). As a countable English noun (plural transhumans) introduced by F. M. Esfandiary in the 1960s (here trans- is short for transitional).
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Forms
more transhuman, most transhuman| Comparative | more transhuman Lesson |
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| Superlative | most transhuman Lesson |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.