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transhumanist

transhumanist

1 8.8
Supporting the use of new technology to make people physically or mentally stronger
  • adjective
  • /trænshuːˈmænɪst/
  • Jargon
translation icon : transhumanista
  • I suppose it doesn't say anything about immortality, but otherwise it seems to match transhumanist philosophy.
  • transhumanist vision
  • transhumanist party

So you add this extra transhumanist kind of, you know, spin on it.

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Examples

  • The transhumanist perspective advocates for integrating technology into our daily lives to improve well-being and longevity.

  • So you add this extra transhumanist kind of, you know, spin on it.

  • Many of the things that you're seeing in the transhumanist movement is actually being done.

  • In this article, I review a transhumanist variant of a basic question of subjectivity.

    Blog text (11)
  • Streamline, from their newest album, also seems fairly transhumanist, and in a more hopeful way than most of their songs.

    Blog text (26)
  • Transhumanist parties want to promote an overall civilizational technophile attitude concerning both general and specific challenges and topics.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The joint intention of the already existing transhumanist parties in the U.S., Germany, and the UK is to influence national and international public political debates toward a stance beyond left-right dialectics—i.e., toward a more radically technophile political agenda.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many futurists believe that a transhumanist approach can significantly enhance human cognitive abilities.

  • Her support for transhumanist ideals reflects her belief in using technology to push the boundaries of human potential.

Antonyms

994 1.5

Following long-held customs and ways of doing things

How Supportive

supportive
348 2.8
transhumanist
  • Jargon
1 8.8
sympathetic
23 3.6
neutral
218 3.6
skeptical
  • US
286 4.2
opposed
1 3.5

Surface Forms

transhumanist positive

Morphology

transhumanist = transhuman (semi-transparent) = trans + human + ist

The word is built from a recognizable base plus the suffix -ist, but the modern ideological meaning is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Transhumanist comes from the parts trans- 'across' or 'beyond', as in transform or transport, and human, so it literally means 'beyond human'. That's why transhumanist describes ideas that support using technology to go past normal human limits.