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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

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

The word transhuman first appeared not in a work of science or technology but in Henry Francis Carey’s 1814 translation of Dante’s Paradiso, the final book of the Divine Comedy.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2017

Disney imagineering meets nanotechnology, the reputation economy, and Ray Kurzweil’s transhuman future.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory

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