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transhuman

American  
[trans-hyoo-muhn] / ˌtrænsˈhju mən /

adjective

  1. transcending the boundaries of human ability or existence, through evolutionary, technological, or spiritual means; superhuman.


noun

  • transhumans
    plural
  1. an individual or species that has transcended human ability or existence, through evolutionary, technological, or spiritual means.

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But they recognize obligations only to one another — if that — and they can be hurt only by their own transhuman kind.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2021

And the fact that much of the impetus for establishing such extreme forms of transhuman technology comes from California and Silicon Valley is not lost on critics.

From The Guardian May 6, 2018

Though the arm was a great conversation starter – he has been adopted by the transhuman community – Young fears that augmentation will continue to be a marginal interest.

From The Guardian Oct. 29, 2017

On the extreme end, some are using do-it-yourself science to hack their own anatomies in pursuit of a sort of transhuman ideal.

From Slate Jan. 30, 2017

This is aptly called "chaos" which we might fancifully suppose the leavings, "the fragments that were left," of the semicircular wall now visible, thrown up by transhuman builders, insurmountable barrier between heaven and earth.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards

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