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单词 suprahuman
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suprahumanadj.

Brit. /ˌsuːprəˈhjuːmən/, /ˌsjuːprəˈhjuːmən/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈ(h)jumən/
Forms: see supra- prefix and human adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supra- prefix, human adj.
Etymology: < supra- prefix + human adj. Compare earlier superhuman adj. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.
= superhuman adj.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman
pass-man1606
past-human1614
suprahuman1740
unhuman1782
preterhuman1811
transhuman1812
superpersonal1848
superhuman1866
suprapersonal1873
surhuman1911
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 40 Outward and inward Means may be..bestow'd, by external Providences, suprahumane..Aid and Grace.
1788 R. Shepherd Ground & Credibility Christian Relig. viii. 249 Jesus..was of a nature supra-human, pre-existent, and divine.
1809 J. Foster Contrib. Eclectic Rev. (1844) I. 379 No believer in any supra-human means, in any immediate interposition of the Almighty.
1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 894/1 Any supra-human intelligence, divine or angelic.
1890 Eng. Hist. Rev. 5 224 He was from the first invested with a certain suprahuman glamour as Divi Filius—a glamour which was increased when in 27 b.c. the title of Augustus was formally given to him by the senate.
1944 Mod. Lang. Notes 59 84 Man is represented as singularly stripped of his suprahuman qualities—wallowing in the pitch and mire of his infrahuman nature.
1999 J. W. Dower Embracing Defeat 602 It was lese majesty to deny that the emperor was suprahuman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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