transhuman

[trans-hyoo-muhn]

adjective

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

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
• transhumanity noun
• transhumanistic adjective

Example Sentences

The evolution from transhuman to posthuman—a new state or species rather than merely an enhanced or augmented one—has been envisioned and funded by Thiel and others, who don’t merely want to extend human lives, but to radically transform them.

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We recognize what the poet Robinson Jeffers once referred to as “transhuman magnificence.”

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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.

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“More than ever, the relationship between us and animals is being tested, and the survival of our species depends on us understanding that we are no longer Homo sapiens, that we are transhuman,” she writes in the foreword to “Don’t Care Didn’t Ask Plus I’m Baby,” her recent book collecting more than 1,400 Pink Cat panels.

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While there’s a lot more detail, you’re facing a similar crowd of hostile alien fauna and transhuman soldiers as well as similar weapons and environments — although soldiers give those classic Half-Life barrels a wider berth.

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