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extropian

extropian adjective: of, or relating to extropy.

Adjective (1)

extropian (-)

  1. Of, or relating to extropy.
    • While a recent EU report recommended adopting the Californian free enterprise model to build the ‘infobahn’, cutting-edge artists and academics have been championing the ‘post-human’ philosophy developed by the West Coast's Extropian cult.1995 September, Richard Barbrook, Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2021

Noun (1)

extropian (plural extropians)

  1. An adherent or advocate of, or an activist for, extropy or extropianism and its goals or principles.
    • Though [Chris Hables Gray] does go out of his way to remind the reader that nearly all of us are bio-enhanced (that is a vaccination scar, isn’t it?), he’s neither a chrome-eyed Extropian nor a Rifkinesque fear-mongerer.2001?, Rob Lightner, Amazon review of Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age by Chris Hables Gray
    • The Extropian movement has an active Web presence. Here is one statement on “What Is an Extropian”: Extropians seek to use technology intelligently to overcome genetic, biological, psychological, cultural, and neurological limits to the pursuit of life, liberty, and boundless achievement. An...2002, Stephen Wilson, Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 155

Adjective (2) capitalized: Extropian

Extropian (not comparable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of extropian.

Noun (2) capitalized: Extropian

Extropian (plural Extropians)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of extropian.

Forms of extropian

Adjective
alternative formExtropian
Noun
pluralextropians
pluralExtropians

Origin of extropian

From extropy + -an.

Words formed from extropian

Questions about extropian

What does extropian mean?
Extropian means of, or relating to extropy.
What part of speech is extropian?
Extropian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near extropian in the dictionary

  1. extrolite
  2. extrolites
  3. extron
  4. extrons
  5. extropia
  6. extropian
  7. extropianism
  8. extropians
  9. extropies
  10. extropy
  11. extrordinary

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