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Homo superior

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/ˌhəʊməʊ suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˌhoʊmoʊ suːˈpɪɹiɚ/US

Etymology

From Latin homo superior (literally “superior human”), modeled after New Latin Homo sapiens (literally “wise human”). Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935).

  1. derived from homo superior

Definitions

  1. A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens

    A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman.

    • If this was the way of Homo superior, I said, thank God I was another species.
    • Magneto: "The first phase of my plan shall be to show my power... to make Homo sapiens bow to Homo superior!"
    • You gotta make way¶ for the Homo Superior

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Homo superior.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA