yli-ihminen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- superman noun A man with extraordinary or seemingly superhuman abilities.
Senses
yli-ihminen is used for these senses in English:
- superman (chiefly, philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. [from 1903.]
- übermensch (in Nietzschean, _, philosophy) An overman (“higher” man) who has overcome (transcended) his (mere) humanity. (There is no consensus regarding the exact nature of the figure of the übermensch in Nietzsche’s philosophy.)
superman — full definition
- noun A man with extraordinary or seemingly superhuman abilities.
- noun An idealised, more highly evolved type of human being, as described in philosophy.
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