Transhumanist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An advocate of transhumanism.

    "Many transhumanists such as [Ray] 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
  1. 1
    Relating to transhumanism.

    "It wasn't like what you see in the now-popular clichés of tech culture and Silicon Valley. It was not a transhumanist cult."

Example

More examples

"Barry is a transhumanist and believes that soft robotics parts can aid his disability."

Etymology

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

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