"posthuman" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more posthuman [comparative], most posthuman [superlative]
Etymology: From post- + human. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|human}} post- + human Head templates: {{en-adj}} posthuman (comparative more posthuman, superlative most posthuman)
  1. Succeeding human beings as presently defined; more than, or beyond, what is human. Translations (succeeding human being who is beyond what is human): posthuman (German), nachmenschlich (German), پساانسان (pasâensân) (Persian), постлюдський (postljudsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-posthuman-en-adj-kyTh9RnE Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 72 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-human

Noun [English]

Forms: posthumans [plural]
Etymology: From post- + human. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|human}} post- + human Head templates: {{en-noun}} posthuman (plural posthumans)
  1. A supposed being of this kind. Related terms: infrahuman, inhuman, nonhuman, posthumanism, posthumanity, subhuman, superhuman, suprahuman, ultrahuman, unhuman Translations (a being that is posthuman): پساانسان (pasâensân) (Persian), постлюдина (postljudyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-posthuman-en-noun-8IDhxtOr Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: post-human

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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