transhumanadj.

/trɑːnsˈhjuːmən/

/transˈhjuːmən/

Etymology: < trans- prefix 4 + human adj. and n.; after Italian trasumanar in Dante.

Beyond the human; superhuman.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman

pass-man1606

past-human1614

suprahuman1740

unhuman1782

preterhuman1811

transhuman1812

superpersonal1848

superhuman1866

suprapersonal1873

surhuman1911

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso i. 68 Words may not tell of that transhuman change [It. (l. 70) trasumanar significar per verba Non si porio].

1936 E. Underhill Worship xii. 251 Gazing on the Saints in their manifest humanity, their heroic virtue and ‘spiritual persuasiveness’, he shares their trans-human experience.

1957 Economist 9 Nov. (Suppl.) 12/1 This intensification of life—reaching towards a ‘transhuman’ level.

1968 S. Rosen in PN Rev. (1979) No. 10. 15/2 We cannot return..to Greek, Jewish, Christian, or any other trans-human gods, whose meaning has been effectively destroyed by the decay of the values they represented.

Derivatives

transˈhumanate v. [Italian Dante trasumanar, Florio tra(n)shumanare]

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the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > deify

deifya1340

deificatec1540

canonize1553

divine1591

godize1592

godify1603

divinitize1649

divify1652

divinize1656

divinify1660

theologize1678

transhumanate1848

transhumanize1872

in-God1891

1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present I. ii. i. 135 His [sc. Dante's] contact with God was trans-humanating.

transhumaˈnation n. [Florio tra(n)s(h)umanatione] a making or becoming transhuman.

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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification

deification1393

consecration1490

apotheosis1605

divification1615

divinizing1837

divinization1840

transhumanation1847

theosis1874

in-Godding1959

1847 Oxf. to Rome (ed. 2) 215 A transhumanation takes place.

1885 A. J. Butler tr. Dante Paradiso i. 70 To signify in words transhumanation were impossible.

transˈhumanize v. (transitive) to make transhuman.

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