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postsuffering

postsuffering adjective: after the eradication of involuntary suffering; in a time when there is full control of suffering in biological systems.

Adjective

postsuffering (not comparable)

  1. After the eradication of involuntary suffering; in a time when there is full control of suffering in biological systems.
    • What metric do we use in a post-suffering world?2016 November 23, Stephen West, “Episode #094 - Transcript”, in Philosophize This!
    • This model of a postsuffering transhumanism is called “abolitionism,” a field organized around the manifesto, titled The Hedonistic Imperative, authored by utilitarian philosopher David Pearce.2017, Andrew Pilsch, Transhumanism: Evolutionary Futurism and the Human Technologies of Utopia, University of Minnesota Press, page 106

Origin of postsuffering

From post- + suffering.

Questions about postsuffering

What does postsuffering mean?
Postsuffering means after the eradication of involuntary suffering; in a time when there is full control of suffering in biological systems.
What part of speech is postsuffering?
Postsuffering is an adjective.

Words near postsuffering in the dictionary

  1. poststudy
  2. poststyloid
  3. postsubiculum
  4. postsubject
  5. postsuborbital
  6. postsuffering
  7. postsuicidal
  8. postsuicide
  9. postsulcal
  10. postsunset
  11. postsuppressional

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