transhumanistn.
/tranzˈhjuːmənɪst/, /trɑːnzˈhjuːmənɪst/, /transˈhjuːmənɪst/, /trɑːnsˈhjuːmənɪst/, U.S. /trænzˈ(h)jumənəst/, /træn(t)sˈ(h)jumənəst/ An advocate or adherent of transhumanism.
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1961 20th Cent. Lit. 7 99/2 Stevens is a ‘transhumanist’ in his insistence that we must see reality without metaphysical support, relying mainly on his imagination and his ‘faith in the goings-on of things’.
1991 Sunday Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. The ‘transhumanists’, meanwhile, reject the human body altogether and are working on the infinite possibilities of the computer-stored brain.
2004 J. Maloof in D. Rothenburg & W. J. Pryor Writing Future iv. 213 The transhumanists..advocate continuing and accelerating the transformation of the human condition through technological means.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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