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сверхчелове́к — meaning in English

sverkhchelovek

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English meaning

  • superman noun A man with extraordinary or seemingly superhuman abilities.

Senses

сверхчелове́к 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.]
  • superman A man of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.
  • 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

  1. noun A man with extraordinary or seemingly superhuman abilities.
  2. noun An idealised, more highly evolved type of human being, as described in philosophy.
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