Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having the characteristics of a god.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1895
, title =
, author = H. L. Mencken (translator)
, original = Der Antichrist
, by = (
Friedrich Nietzsche)
, section = §48
, passage = Man himself had been his
greatest'' blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men ''godlike — it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
}}
* {{quote-book
, date = 1990-09-01
, title = (
The Vor Game)
, first = Lois McMaster
, last = Bujold
, authorlink = Lois McMaster Bujold
, publisher = Baen Books
, isbn = 9780671720148
, ol = 7663039M
, passage = When a normal ensign looked at his commander, he ought to see a
godlike being, not a, a... future subordinate.
}}
* {{quote-video
, date = 2001-07-14
, title =
, series = (
Farscape)
, season = 3
, number = 12
, people = (
Ben Browder)
, role = John Crichton
, passage =
Godlike' aliens! Man, do I hate '''godlike''' aliens! I'll trade a critter for a ' godlike alien, any day!
}}
Characteristic of a god.
* 1817 , (John Keats), “”:
- And each imagin'd pinnacle and steep / Of godlike hardship tells me I must die / Like a sick Eagle looking at the sky.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1850
, title = A Few Thoughts for a Young Man
, first = Horace
, last = Mann
, authorlink = Horace Mann
, passage = Beneficence is
godlike , and he who does most good to his fellow-man is the Master of Masters, and has learned the Art of Arts.
}}
* {{quote-book
, year = 1949
, year_published = 1965
, title = The Time Axis
, first = Henry
, last = Kuttner
, authorlink = Henry Kuttner
, ol = 22036162M
, passage = It took the combined skills of three great civilizations far apart in time to frame that
godlike concept in which the tangible universe itself was only a single factor.
}}