transhumanism

English

Alternative forms

• H+, h+, H-plus

Etymology

From trans- +‎ humanism, coined by British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author Julian Huxley in 1957.

Noun

transhumanism (countable and uncountable, plural transhumanisms)

1. A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
   • 2011, Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz, The Techno-Human Condition, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 87:

     Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual.

Related terms

• transhuman
• transhumanist

Translations

philosophy favoring the use of science and technology

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: transhumanisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: transhomismo
• Finnish: transhumanismi
• French: transhumanisme (fr) m
• German: Transhumanismus (de) m
• Hebrew: טרנס הומניזם m (trans humanízm)
• Hungarian: transzhumanizmus (hu)
• Ido: transhumanismo
• Italian: transumanesimo m, transumanismo m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: transhumanîzm (ku) f

• Macedonian: трансхуманизам (transhumanizam)
• Occitan: transumanisme m
• Polish: transhumanizm m
• Portuguese: transumanismo m
• Russian: трансгумани́зм (ru) (transgumanízm)
• Ukrainian: трансгуманізм (transhumanizm)

See also

• bioconservatism
• posthumanism