supermen

Variant of superman

noun pl. supermen

  1. in the philosophy of Nietzsche, an idealized, superior, dominating human being, regarded as the goal of the evolutionary struggle for survival
  2. a man having apparently superhuman powers

Origin: calque < Ger übermensch (< über, over + mensch, person), Nietzsche's term

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