suprahuman
- adjective
- /ˌsuːprəˈhjuːmən/
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suprahumano
- In the story, the hero gains suprahuman strength after undergoing a mysterious transformation.
Examples
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The scientist designed a suprahuman robot capable of complex emotions and intelligence.
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Many ancient cultures worshipped gods thought to have suprahuman powers over nature.
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The Jew is perhaps the one who, because of the inhuman history he has undergone, understands the suprahuman demand of morality, the necessity of finding within oneself the source of one's moral certainties.
Academic text (1994) -
If the archetypal images are appropriated by the ego, rather than being negotiated as irretrievably other, and if one succeeds in convincing others of his suprahuman significance, one has started a movement of mass hysteria.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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7.0
Having very strong abilities that ordinary people do not have
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9.2
Physical or mental abilities improved beyond normal human limits by technology
A being that has abilities beyond those of people
Something beyond normal experience that science cannot explain
Much greater than normal but not caused by magic
Existing beyond the physical world and not able to be seen or touched
How Superhuman
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word suprahuman starts with supra- meaning 'above' and ends with human meaning 'person', so it literally means 'above human'. That is why suprahuman describes strength, skill, or power that goes beyond normal human ability, much like the similar word superhuman.