supermindn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəmʌɪnd/,

/ˈsjuːpəmʌɪnd/, U.S.

/ˈsupərˌmaɪnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, mind n.¹

Etymology: < super- prefix + mind n.¹In quot. 1903 at sense 1 as part of a pastiche of the style of G. B. Shaw; compare quot. 1903 at superman n. 1.

1. A mind of exceptional capacity or ability; a person possessing such a mind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > person of superior intellect, genius

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angel1655

eagle wit1661

genie1676

prodigya1684

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mastermind1692

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the brain(s)1844

master-brain1857

gaon1892

supermind1903

poindexter1981

dexter1985

1903 Punch 16 Dec. 420/3 Mr. Bernard Shaw. The rest to taste. I insist only upon the knickerbockers. The knickerbocker is the symbol of the supermind.

1909 H. L. Hubbard Summing It Up iv. 59 Those who thus have been favored through environments, or super-mind endowment.

1962 ‘S. Ransome’ Without Trace v. 50 Loot that wasn't dropping soon enough because..that high-geared supermind of Lynch's kept hanging fire.

1975 J. Taylor Superminds (1976) ix. 161 The view of a group of defence workers..who advised their government to liquidate all superminds as being a menace to security.

2008 J. Farris Avenging Fury (2009) 30 Too bad there were no taut, terrific, maintenance-free superbodies to go with superminds.

2. A collective or extended mind composed of several individual minds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > collective consciousness > [noun] > extended or superior

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1915 C. D. Burns Polit. Ideals x. 251 Because no individual is isolated, it does not follow that all individuals are only constituent elements in a sort of super-mind.

1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats vi. 126 This mind, for Yeats, is not so much the mind of God as the super-mind of humanity.

1965 Listener 1 July 26/1 This civilization exists in a corporate form, the individual thinking units of which have long ago been synthesized into one super-mind.

1997 M. Safdie & W. Kohn City after Automobile i. iii. 30 The great research labs..are each examples of the new mode of ‘super-mind’ made possible by the collective interaction of many individual minds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supermind
释义	supermindn. Brit. /ˈsuːpəmʌɪnd/, /ˈsjuːpəmʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌmaɪnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, mind n.¹ Etymology: < super- prefix + mind n.¹In quot. 1903 at sense 1 as part of a pastiche of the style of G. B. Shaw; compare quot. 1903 at superman n. 1. 1. A mind of exceptional capacity or ability; a person possessing such a mind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > person of superior intellect, genius wit1508 angel1655 eagle wit1661 genie1676 prodigya1684 genio1684 mastermind1692 genius1711 athlete1759 the brain(s)1844 master-brain1857 gaon1892 supermind1903 poindexter1981 dexter1985 1903 Punch 16 Dec. 420/3 Mr. Bernard Shaw. The rest to taste. I insist only upon the knickerbockers. The knickerbocker is the symbol of the supermind. 1909 H. L. Hubbard Summing It Up iv. 59 Those who thus have been favored through environments, or super-mind endowment. 1962 ‘S. Ransome’ Without Trace v. 50 Loot that wasn't dropping soon enough because..that high-geared supermind of Lynch's kept hanging fire. 1975 J. Taylor Superminds (1976) ix. 161 The view of a group of defence workers..who advised their government to liquidate all superminds as being a menace to security. 2008 J. Farris Avenging Fury (2009) 30 Too bad there were no taut, terrific, maintenance-free superbodies to go with superminds. 2. A collective or extended mind composed of several individual minds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > collective consciousness > [noun] > extended or superior supermind1915 1915 C. D. Burns Polit. Ideals x. 251 Because no individual is isolated, it does not follow that all individuals are only constituent elements in a sort of super-mind. 1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats vi. 126 This mind, for Yeats, is not so much the mind of God as the super-mind of humanity. 1965 Listener 1 July 26/1 This civilization exists in a corporate form, the individual thinking units of which have long ago been synthesized into one super-mind. 1997 M. Safdie & W. Kohn City after Automobile i. iii. 30 The great research labs..are each examples of the new mode of ‘super-mind’ made possible by the collective interaction of many individual minds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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