transhuman

American  

[trans-hyoo-muhn] / ˌtrænsˈhyu mən /

adjective

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

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noun

plural

transhumans

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

Other Word Forms

• transhumanism noun
• transhumanist noun
• transhumanistic adjective
• transhumanity noun

Example Sentences

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

People have always anticipated that one day, we will be transhuman, but that time has already arrived.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2019

Through technology, she attempts to forge a new, transhuman identity.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2019

I followed a link to the organisation’s website, which included that peculiar quote from Dante: “Words cannot tell of that transhuman change.”

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 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 Betham-Edwards, Matilda