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overperson

overperson noun: superman.

Noun

overperson (plural overpeople)

  1. Superman.
    • An overperson is original and therefore alone. Gods do not consort with each other, let alone comfort the rest of us.1997, Dennis A. Rohatyn, Philosophy History Sophistry, →ISBN, page 133
    • Nietzche does in fact emphasize again and again that the overperson overcomes him or herself, not others.2012, Dennis Carlson, Leaving Safe Harbors, →ISBN
  2. Supervisor.
    • The nation is an overperson imposing its wishes upon individual members, performing acts and receiving allegiance from its citizens.1964, Samuel Pondipeddi Adinarayan, Social psychology: with special reference to Indian conditions
    • In this process the individual accepts the belief in the entity of the nation as an overperson and the corresponding personification of the out-group nation as a causal agent ( Allport, 1933 ) .1965, Elton B. McNeil, The nature of human conflict, page 69

Forms of overperson

pluraloverpeople

Origin of overperson

Calque of German Übermensch, equivalent to over- + person.

Questions about overperson

What does overperson mean?
Overperson means superman.
What part of speech is overperson?
Overperson is a noun.
What is the plural of overperson?
The plural of overperson is overpeople.

Words near overperson in the dictionary

  1. overperfusion
  2. overperked
  3. overpermed
  4. overpermissive
  5. overpermissiveness
  6. overperson
  7. overpersonalisation
  8. overpersonalisations
  9. overpersonalise
  10. overpersonalised
  11. overpersonalises

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