Übermensch
Americannoun
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Übermenschen
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Übermensch
literally: over-man
Example Sentences
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So pervasive is this worship of might it occurs to precious few that perhaps a new race of psychologically messed-up Übermensch should never have been created at all.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
While Übermensch was used by Hitler, he used it incorrectly.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2020
Nietzsche altered the destiny of the word when, in the eighteen-eighties, he began speaking of the Übermensch, which has been translated as “superman,” “superhuman,” and “overman.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
That Young could then defang the Zarathustran Übermensch of its most objectionable connotations, de-masculinize it without emasculating it in the spirit of Emma Goldman, proved an achievement worthy of real potential social value.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2019
Maybe his medication had recalibrated his brain right away, and he was back to being a high-functioning Übermensch in no time.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
They created the American Übermenschen who fought for a nation that would at least nominally welcome “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free … ”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019
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