Übermensch
Americannoun
plural
Übermenschennoun
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
In his introductions and footnotes, he distanced Nietzsche from fascist bombast—naming the Übermensch the “Overman” was just one strategy—and recast him as a kind of existentialist.
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
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