superhumanizev.
/ˌsuːpəˈhjuːmənʌɪz/, /ˌsjuːpəˈhjuːmənʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈ(h)juməˌnaɪz/ transitive. To make superhuman. Also: to represent as superhuman.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > tendency towards romance > render romantic [verb (transitive)] > make superhuman
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the world > people > person > man > [verb (transitive)] > make or represent as superhuman
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1826 Belle Assemblée 3 41/1 Passions superhumanized by magnanimity or guilt.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. xv. 276 There are touches of bliss in anguish that superhumanise bliss.
1894 S. A. Brooke Tennyson x. 367 Arthur is a little superhuman... Why did Tennyson superhumanise him?
1945 Kenyon Rev. 7 494 It seems to me that Prof. Einstein's unlimited respect for Mozart's compositions..has betrayed him into superhumanizing the composer.
1971 College Eng. 32 409/1 Notions of rescue in either form, however, are distortions which superhumanize the hero as much as the villain is dehumanized.
2009 T. Magdalinski Sport, Technol. & Body iii. 35 To suggest that bodies are being dehumanised, or indeed, superhumanised,..through the intrusion of drugs, technology or other techniques.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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