Übermensch

[y-buhr-mensh]

noun

German.

plural

Übermenschen 

1. superman.

Übermensch

/ ˈyːbərˌmɛnʃ /

noun

1. (esp in the writings of Nietzsche) the German word for superman

Word History and Origins

Origin of Übermensch¹

literally: over-man

Example Sentences

Of course, these denouements will already be out of date by 2028, because by then the Republicans will have nominated an A.I. simulacrum of an Übermensch Donald Trump, while the rest of us rot in the gulag.

From Slate

Eye-bleeding internet memes have given way to uncanny AI-generated images of Trump or Elon Musk dressed as ubermensch.

From Salon

It's men who have fantasies of being "ubermensch," but who are acting on their justified fears that, underneath the bluster, they're cowards.

From Salon

To an even greater extent than the neoliberal economists, she fashioned an ideology that is simply the worst of the Marxist-Leninism she escaped stood on its head, with a heroic Übermensch substituting for the proletarian masses.

From Salon

In fact, Mussolini, who, like Hitler, read Nietzsche, the philosopher of the Übermensch and all that, and took away from it that if somebody is weak and they're on a cliff, you should just push them because they're useless to society.

From Salon