übermensch
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übermensch¹
noun übermenschen
- Alternative letter-case form of Übermensch
Übermensch²
- /ˈuː.bəˌmɛnʃ/ UK
- /ˈu.bəɹˌmɛnʃ/ US
Rhymes with -uːbə(ɹ)mɛnʃ
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from German Übermensch. Piecewise doublet of Superman.
noun Übermenschen · übermensch · ubermensch
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An overman (“higher” man) who has overcome (transcended) his (mere) humanity.
What does he mean when he speaks of the value of one type of man as greater than that of another? Nietzsche himself has remarked elsewhere that one can never too carefully consider the question “value for what?” And in these terms one might try to explain what he says about the value of certain men.
Similar: overman, superman · Opposite: untermensch
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A member of the proposed Aryan super race.
Opposite: untermensch
Translations
Every language
noun figure in Nietzschean philosophy
| Español | superhombre |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 超人 chāorén |
| हिन्दी | अतिमानव atimānav |
| Português | super-homem |
| Deutsch | Übermensch |
| Ελληνικά | υπεράνθρωπος yperánthropos |
| Русский | сверхчелове́к sverxčelovék |
| Tiếng Việt | siêu nhân |
noun figure in Nazi ideology
| 한국어 | 초인 choin |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 超人 chāorén |
| Português | super-homem |
| Français | surhomme |
| Deutsch | Übermensch |
| Русский | сверхчелове́к sverxčelovék |
| Tiếng Việt | siêu nhân |
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title = {übermensch},
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