Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being superhuman.

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  • noun The state or condition of being superhuman.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ humanity

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Examples

  • Delusions of superhumanity, put toward the lowest acts of bestial murder.

    The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

  • This looks like it will end with a dark conflict within Will Smith's character and more specifically his humanity vs. his superhumanity and he will most likely die at the end.

    Yet Another Darker Hancock TV Spot « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • Delusions of superhumanity, put toward the lowest acts of bestial murder.

    The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

  • Delusions of superhumanity, put toward the lowest acts of bestial murder.

    The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

  • Delusions of superhumanity, put toward the lowest acts of bestial murder.

    The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

  • Delusions of superhumanity, put toward the lowest acts of bestial murder.

    The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

  • A range of scientific means is used in order to affect this supposed evolutionary process, including smart drugs, nanotechnology, prosthetics, computer-assisted communication and genetic modification, humanity become superhumanity.

    What is Human Wisdom?: An Interrogation of Posthuman Futures in Transhuman Evolutionary Discourse By Celia Deane-Drummond William Harryman 2009

  • Of all the Warriors present, he has the least excuse for superhumanity unless we go through that whole “Wellspring of Souls” bit, where his father sold his sons soul in return for immortality…

    Avengers: The Initiative #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • Oh, sure, we have our occasional display of superhumanity, such as when my heart continues beating even after running a few miles trying to keep up with the much younger and obviously better fit soldiers that surround me.

    The Blog of War Matthew Currier Burden 2006

  • In the Transcend, superhumanity can happen so fast that its creators are destroyed.

    A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

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