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Etymology
Adjective
posthuman (comparative more posthuman, superlative most posthuman)
- Succeeding human beings as presently defined; more than, or beyond, what is human.
- Antonym: prehuman
- Near-synonym: transhuman (sometimes synonymous)
- posthuman intelligence
- 2002 April 2, Nicholas Wade, “A Dim View of a ‘Posthuman Future’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Despite his title, Dr. Fukuyama has no taste for a rerun of history and believes a posthuman future is one to avoid.
- 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:
- You could imagine this metropolis as an exemplary post-human city-state, run on A.I.—a twenty-first-century Athens—or as a gated community for the élite, a fortress against the coming chaos.
Translations
succeeding human being who is beyond what is human
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Noun
posthuman (plural posthumans)
- A supposed being of this kind.
- Antonym: prehuman
- Near-synonym: transhuman (sometimes synonymous)
- 2008 August 26, John Tierney, quoting Vernor Vinge, “Technology That Outthinks Us: A Partner or a Master?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Well, Dr. Vinge said, it’s possible that artificial post-humans would use us the way we’ve used oxen and donkeys.
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Translations
a being that is posthuman
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