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Meaning of übermensch

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

übermensch

Pronunciation:/ˈuːbərmɛnʃ/

noun

Definitions

  1. An overman (“higher” man) who has overcome (transcended) his (mere) humanity. (There is no consensus regarding the exact nature of the figure of the übermensch in Nietzsche’s philosophy.)

  2. (Nazism and white supremacist ideology) A member of the proposed Aryan super race.