superhuman

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Definition of superhuman

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Beyond what is possible for a human being.
    “How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh.”
    “I could have flown at him, shame upon me! The woman had confounded and almost destroyed my moral sense, as she was bound to confound all who looked upon her superhuman loveliness.”
    “No doubt, Jane thought, the rider, in his almost superhuman power of foresight, saw behind the horizon the dark, lengthening shadows that were soon to crowd and gloom over him and her and little Fay.”
    “It is extremely painful to realize that Joe never felt that he received adequate support from his lesbian/gay extended family. Lesson 1: We must not place super-human expectations upon our leaders while mounting them on unreachable pedestals, but rather attend to the very personal emotional needs of their private selves.”
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adj

  1. Beyond what is possible for a human being.
    “How often, during her young life, had she looked upon the face of the dead!—it was now almost more familiar than the living. Again she marked the still repose, the calm, cold hue, the superhuman beauty, the look which is not of this world, here strongly contrasted by the troubled countenance of Lord Avonleigh.”
    “I could have flown at him, shame upon me! The woman had confounded and almost destroyed my moral sense, as she was bound to confound all who looked upon her superhuman loveliness.”
    “No doubt, Jane thought, the rider, in his almost superhuman power of foresight, saw behind the horizon the dark, lengthening shadows that were soon to crowd and gloom over him and her and little Fay.”
    “It is extremely painful to realize that Joe never felt that he received adequate support from his lesbian/gay extended family. Lesson 1: We must not place super-human expectations upon our leaders while mounting them on unreachable pedestals, but rather attend to the very personal emotional needs of their private selves.”

noun

  1. A human with remarkable abilities or superpowers.
    “Here is a man who, during a potentially testy moment of promotion, retained the clarity of thought to reach deep down into himself, locate the purest possible version of his personality and say: “Fuck you.” What a superhuman he is.”

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin superhūmānus. By surface analysis, super- + human.

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