transhumanadj.
/trɑːnsˈhjuːmən//transˈhjuːmən/ 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.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > deify
deifya1340
deificatec1540
canonize1553
divine1591
godize1592
godify1603
divinitize1649
divify1652
divinize1656
divinify1660
theologize1678
transhumanate1848
transhumanize1872
in-God1891
1872 J. R. Lowell in N. Amer. Rev. July 144 Souls..transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure contemplation.
1892 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy III. i. 4 Transhumanizing cannot be signified in words.
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