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单词 posthumanism
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posthumanismn.2

Brit. /ˌpəʊstˈhjuːmənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpoʊstˈhjuməˌnɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post-human adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < post-human adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier post-humanism n.1
Originally Science Fiction.
The idea that humanity can be transformed, transcended, or eliminated either by technological advances or the evolutionary process; artistic, scientific, or philosophical practice which reflects this belief.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pragmatism > [noun] > humanism > branches of
scientific humanism1854
secular humanism1895
post-humanism1940
transhumanism1957
posthumanism1971
1971 I. Hassan in New Literary Hist. 3 25 From infrahumanism to posthumanism, beyond man and into the cosmos. Sci-fi. To love life and to love man are no longer the same.
1996 T. Terranova in G. Robertson et al. FutureNatural xi. 174 Believers in posthumanism are not so much saying, ‘we are what our genes say we are’ but..‘thanks to technology, there are no limits to what we can be’.
2003 B. McKibben Enough (U.K. ed.) iii. 116 That mood leaves one vulnerable to the siren song of posthumanism—to the idea that we should be radically reconfigured, or better yet surpassed by some wiser race.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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