Etymology

Homo superior

Today it means: A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman. Full definition →

Latin homo superior
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  1. Latin · derived fromhomo superior
  2. English todayHomo superior

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).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. A species of man more advanced than Homo sapiens; a superhuman.

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