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English
Etymology
Partial calque of German Übermensch, from über + Mensch, literally “overman”. By surface analysis, über- + man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.bə(ɹ).mæn/, /ˈɪuː.bə(ɹ).mæn/, /ˈy.bə(ɹ).mæn/
Noun
überman (plural übermen)
- (rare) A man of exceptional power over his natural abilities.
2018 September 25, Alexis Lothian, “2. Dystopian Impulses, Feminist Negativity, and the Fascism of the Baby’s Face”, in Old Futures. Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility, New York University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 66:Haldane’s 1926 Man’s World shares this concern, speculating about a future in which evolution has been taken firmly in hand by an authoritarian State for whom white supremacy, practical eugenics, and prenatal sex determination are tripartite ingredients for the triumph of science. In the future Man’s World dreams up, a coterie of übermen takes over the world after a cataclysm that resembles the First World War, and they set out to craft a scientific society—regardless of the body count.
2018 November 5, LorneLyon, “Überman, Chapter 2”, in Muscle Growth Forum:The last year, the news about the überman had spraid threw the world. But, the strange thing was it only happend in the USA, in no other country there were there weren't any si[gn]als about these man.
Thomas already had give up the hope he maybe, secretly become one. Now he hoped he would complete his study and leaving to America to fight for the überman rights there.