transhumanism

• H+, h+, H-plus

From trans- +‎ humanism, coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957.

transhumanism (countable and uncountable, plural transhumanisms)

1. A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
   • 2011, Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz, The Techno-Human Condition, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 87:

     Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual.

• transhuman
• transhumanist

• bioconservatism
• posthumanism