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Homo superior
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Homo Superior
English
Alternative forms
en Homo Superior Homo superioris
Etymology
From en la homo superior superior human, modeled after la-new - mul Homo sapiens wise human. Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935).
Pronunciation
en /ˌhəʊməʊ suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/ RP
en /ˌhoʊmoʊ suːˈpɪɹiɚ/ GA
en ɪəɹiə(ɹ) 6
Proper noun
1
en science fiction A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman. from 20th c.
en Homo novus
en 1935 w:Olaf Stapledon w:Odd John Gollancz 159 2012 If this was the way of Homo superior, I said, thank God I was another species.
en 1963-09-10 w:Stan Lee The X-Men 1 1 X-Men 11 Magneto: "The first phase of my plan shall be to show my power... to make Homo sapiens bow to Homo superior!"
en w:Oh! You Pretty Things w:Hunky Dory w:David Bowie 1971 You gotta make way¶ for the Homo Superior
en
Hypernyms
species
Related terms
en Homo economicus Homo idioticus Homo reciprocans
See also
en slan, en mutant, en superman, en overman, en übermensch
References
1217 homo superior n.