transhuman

== English == === Etymology === From trans- +‎ human, also attested as trans-human in the 1950s. Attributed to Teilhard de Chardin, as French trans-humain (noun, sometimes capitalised as (le) Trans-humain), who used it alongside ultra-humain (“the ultra-human”). As a countable English noun (plural transhumans) introduced by F. M. Esfandiary in the 1960s (here trans- is short for transitional). === Adjective === transhuman (comparative more transhuman, superlative most transhuman) More than human; superhuman. Related to transhumanism. Involving something beyond the merely human; transcending human limitations or boundaries. Near-synonym: posthuman (sometimes synonymous) === Noun === transhuman (countable and uncountable, plural transhumans) (countable) An enhanced human: (strictly) An individual having characteristics transitional between a human and a posthuman species. (loosely) An individual of a posthuman species. A being that transcends humanity; a superhuman being.