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Metahuman vs Transhuman - What's the difference?

metahuman | transhuman |

As nouns the difference between metahuman and transhuman

is that metahuman is superhuman while transhuman is an intermediary form between the human and the posthuman.

As an adjective transhuman is

more than human; superhuman.

metahuman

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Superhuman.
  • * 1991 , Schroeck, Robert W., GURPS Supers: I.S.T. , Steve Jackson Games, ISBN 1-55634-192-X, page 73
    • A metarchy'' is a government by supers. Almost all the ''metarchies currently in existence are dictatorships, ruled by a single metahuman .
  • *2010 , Ted Chiang, "The Evolution of Human Science", Stories of Your Life: And Others , Small Beer Press, page 203
  • *:For example, imagine if research offered hope of a different intelligence-enhancing therapy, one that would allow individuals to gradually "upgrade" their minds to a metahuman -equivalent level.

    • transhuman

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of “transitional human”

    Noun

    (wikipedia transhuman) (en noun)
  • An intermediary form between the human and the posthuman

    • Etymology 2

    trans- (“across, beyond”) + “human”

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • More than human; superhuman
  • Related to transhumanism