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transhuman

transhuman

1 9.2
Physical or mental abilities improved beyond normal human limits by technology
  • adjective
  • /trænshumən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transhumano
  • I am talking about the overwhelming majority of humanity embracing transhuman enhancements that are enabled by devices that monitor everything we say and do, and even our thoughts, all to give us these "superpowers" we love to talk about all the time.

So transhuman intelligence in any form is the changing of everything.

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Examples

  • The fourth industrial revolution where we are transhuman, multiplanetary and people like me are defunct.

  • Transhuman Characteristics:

    Academic text (2000)
  • So transhuman intelligence in any form is the changing of everything.

  • I am a transhuman interactive machine.

  • Orientalism, "a system of thought about the Orient," an ideological framework, "always rose from the specifically human detail to the general transhuman one" (96).

    Academic text (2004)
  • In Rebootlandia, Bowman was a transhuman cultist, one of many in the world, experimenting with serums developed by David Robert Jones during his days at Massive Dynamic.

    Blog text (29)
  • With the rise of transhuman technologies, humans can now experience cognitive abilities that surpass previous limits.

  • The scientist presented a groundbreaking study on the impact of transhuman enhancements on human capabilities in the future.

  • Many believe that living in a transhuman society will mean overcoming biological constraints with the help of advanced technology.

Synonyms

transcendent
vstranshuman
31 8.8

Far beyond normal limits in experience, knowledge, or quality

refers to bodily or cognitive enhancement by technology rather than abstract exceeding
superpowered
vstranshuman
3 7.0

Having very strong abilities that ordinary people do not have

is about technological enhancement specifically rather than generic power increase
suprahuman
vstranshuman
9.9

Having power or ability beyond what a normal person can do

focuses on enhancements produced by advanced technology rather than divine causes

Antonyms

1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

2 3.8

Not changed from its original form

How Enhanced

posthuman
  • Formal
1 9.8
transhuman
  • Specialized
1 9.2
augmented
5.2
human
1.0

Surface Forms

transhuman positive

Morphology

transhuman = human (transparent) = trans + human

The prefix 'trans-' meaning 'beyond' combined with 'human' yields the straightforward sense 'beyond human limits'.

Etymology

The word transhuman comes from trans- 'beyond' and human 'human'. So, as an adjective it describes things or abilities that go past normal human limits, often because of advanced technology.