überman
/ˈu.bə(ɹ).mæn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man of exceptional power over his natural abilities.
Example Sentences
- "Haldane’s 1926 Man’s World shares this concern, speculating about a future in which evolution has been taken firmly in hand by an authoritarian State for whom white supremacy, practical eugenics, and prenatal sex determination are tripartite ingredients for the triumph of science. In the future Man’s World dreams up, a coterie of übermen takes over the world after a cataclysm that resembles the First World War, and they set out to craft a scientific society—regardless of the body count."
- "The last year, the news about the überman had spraid threw the world. But, the strange thing was it only happend in the USA, in no other country there were there weren't any si[gn]als about these man. Thomas already had give up the hope he maybe, secretly become one. Now he hoped he would complete his study and leaving to America to fight for the überman rights there."
Etymology
Partial calque of German Übermensch, from über + Mensch, literally “overman”. By surface analysis, über- + man.