transhumanist

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ human +‎ -ist, after transhumanism.

Noun

transhumanist (plural transhumanists)

  1. An advocate of transhumanism. [from 20th c.]
    • 2017 April 18, Meghan O'Gieblyn, The Guardian:
      Many transhumanists such as Kurzweil contend that they are carrying on the legacy of the Enlightenment – that theirs is a philosophy grounded in reason and empiricism, even if they do lapse occasionally into metaphysical language about “transcendence” and “eternal life”.

Adjective

transhumanist (comparative more transhumanist, superlative most transhumanist)

  1. Relating to transhumanism.
    • 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
      It wasn't like what you see in the now-popular clichés of tech culture and Silicon Valley. It was not a transhumanist cult.
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