Homo superior

See also: Homo Superior

English

Alternative forms

• Homo Superior

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin homo (“human being, man, person”) + superior (“higher, superior”). After (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin Homo sapiens (“modern human”). Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his 1935 novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊməʊ suːˈpɪəɹi.ə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌhoʊmoʊ suːˈpɪɹiɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəriə(r)

Proper noun

Homo superior ? (plural Homo superiors)

1. (science fiction) A taxonomic species within the family Hominidae – the evolutionary step beyond Homo sapiens.
   • 1935, Olaf Stapledon, Odd John:

     Homo Superior faced the little mob of Homo Sapiens, and it was immediately evident that Homo Superior was indeed the better man.

   • 1963 September 10, Stan Lee, “X-Men”, in The X-Men, volume 1, number 1, page 11:

     Magneto: "The first phase of my plan shall be to show my power... to make Homo sapiens bow to Homo superior!"

   • 1971, “Oh! You Pretty Things”, in Hunky Dory, performed by David Bowie:

     You gotta make way¶ for the Homo Superior

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Homo superior.

Synonyms

• Homo superioris, Homo novus

Hypernyms

• (species): Primates - order; Hominidae - family; Homininae - subfamily; Hominini - tribe; Hominina - subtribe; Homo - genus

Related terms

• slan, mutant, superman, overman, übermensch

References

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