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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

She still has a body, but her mind has begun the transhuman transition.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2019

A researcher into computer science, linguistics and visual culture, Tiana Sinclair creates events to explore transhuman advances.

From The Guardian Oct. 29, 2017

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 Matilda Betham-Edwards

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