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
The Übermensch is, essentially, a replacement for God—giving meaning to life on Earth through reality, rather than through religion.
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
On the surface anyway, Nietzsche’s notion of the Übermensch — the Overman or Superman — can be a little hard to stomach in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2019
Apparently, the Übermensch had once been an Überhippie, complete with a scruffy beard and hair that reached past his shoulders.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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