English Explanatory Dictionary

transhuman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. More than human; superhuman.
  2. Related to transhumanism.
  3. Involving something beyond the merely human; transcending human limitations or boundaries.
noun
  1. An enhanced human:
  2. An individual having characteristics transitional between a human and a posthuman species.
  3. An individual of a posthuman species.
  4. A being that transcends humanity; a superhuman being.

Word forms

transhuman more transhuman most transhuman transhumans

Etymology

From trans- + human, also attested as trans-human in the 1950s. Attributed to Teilhard de Chardin, as French trans-humain (noun, sometimes capitalised as (le) Trans-humain), who used it alongside ultra-humain (“the ultra-human”). As a countable English noun (plural transhumans) introduced by F. M. Esfandiary in the 1960s (here trans- is short for transitional).

Synonyms

posthuman
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