Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Above or beyond the human; preternatural or supernatural.
- adjective Beyond ordinary or normal human ability, power, or experience.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Above or beyond what is human; hence, sometimes, divine.
- Synonyms Preternatural, etc. See
supernatural .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Beyond what is
possible for a human being. - noun A human being with
remarkable abilities. - noun A fictional human being with
superpowers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then, I had applied the term superhuman to it, with an almost instinctive knowledge that the creature was something different from the brute-beast.
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Then, I had applied the term superhuman to it, with an almost instinctive knowledge that the creature was something different from the brute-beast.
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A superhuman is just a person with superpowers that is still just a regular person.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wade’s Review Forum 2009
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A union superhuman is jailed for accidentally killing a boy in a power armour suit.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Union Dues - 1 Iron Bars and the Glass Jaw Blue Tyson 2007
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A union superhuman is jailed for accidentally killing a boy in a power armour suit.
Archive 2007-10-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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When vampires are changed from humans, they acquire certain superhuman abilities; speed is one of these.
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Told that Giambi was among those describing him in superhuman terms, Rivera reminded reporters that he didn't like to talk about himself.
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This one is a perfect example of both underlining “human” in superhuman and” take a minor character and develop him or her into fully-fledged personality”.
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In all loves, even the most tragic, there is an instant of happiness that it is no exaggeration to call superhuman: it is a victory over time, a glimpse of the other side, of the there that is here, where nothing changes and everything that is, truly is.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dodie Bellamy 2009
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In all loves, even the most tragic, there is an instant of happiness that it is no exaggeration to call superhuman: it is a victory over time, a glimpse of the other side, of the there that is here, where nothing changes and everything that is, truly is.
Roberto Bedoya, "Flight Recordings" (for Dario Robleto) Dodie Bellamy 2009
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