supermannish
supermannish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a superman.
Adjective (1)
supermannish (comparative more supermannish, superlative most supermannish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a superman.
- There were seals on the rocks, and others on the beach, though their silly faces gave no evidence of the supermannish qualities attributed to them by Mr. E. V. Lucas.1909, F[rederick] G[eorge] Aflalo, Sunset Playgrounds: Fishing Days and Others in California and Canada, London: Witherby & Co. […], page 126
- It is very probable that Nietzsche frequently felt himself so supermannish as to regard the clouds of earth over which he had to step in order to keep his head in the clouds.1910 June 9, Cally Ryland, “Every Day Trials of Life”, in The Washburn Times, volume 18, number 5, Washburn, Wis.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Supermannish
Supermannish (comparative more Supermannish, superlative most Supermannish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a Superman or specifically DC Comics’ Superman.
- This verdict was, in untechnical language, an effective reproof for “Supermannish” methods of financiering.1908 January 19, ““Superman” in Business”, in New-York Tribune, volume LXVII, number 22,344, New York, N.Y., page 8, column 2
- The only important positive ideas for which he stands are the Supermannish idea of the duty of every man to be himself to the utmost, and a generous democratic idea of freedom, in accordance with which every self-respecting man and woman should be given the opportunity to work out his or her own...1913, R[olfe] A[rnold] Scott-James, Personality in Literature, London: Martin Secker […]
- Synonyms:
- Superman-esque
Examples of supermannish in a sentence
- Her influence has been held supermannish—daimonic or demonic—under the prevalence of ideals monastic, chivalric, or platonic; […]1911, Jefferson Butler Fletcher, “Preface”, in The Religion of Beauty in Women and Other Essays on Platonic Love in Poetry and Society, New...
- Her second lover is as disagreeable a cad as one is likely to meet, who exhibits a supermannish selfishness in his love that makes one wonder why he should have consented to a secret marriage.1915 April 15, “Notes on New Novels”, in Waldo R. Browne, editor, The Dial: A Fortnightly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and...
- Pulled by that “supermannish” strength the princess rises from bed and, in order to “celebrate” her husband’s death, offers herself naked at the window.1994, Graziella Parati, “The Transparent Woman: Reading Femininity within a Futurist Context”, in Giovanna Miceli Jeffries, editor...
- The real body can only ever be an imperfect, failed imitation of the higher supermannish archetype.2002, Esther Leslie, Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde, Verso, →ISBN, page 140:
Synonyms of supermannish
Forms of supermannish
| comparative | more supermannish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most supermannish |
| comparative | more Supermannish |
| superlative | most Supermannish |
| alternative form | Superman-ish |
Origin of supermannish
From superman + -ish.
From Superman + -ish.
Questions about supermannish
- What does supermannish mean?
- Supermannish means resembling or characteristic of a superman.
- How do you use supermannish in a sentence?
- Her influence has been held supermannish—daimonic or demonic—under the prevalence of ideals monastic, chivalric, or platonic; […]
- What part of speech is supermannish?
- Supermannish is an adjective.
Words near supermannish in the dictionary
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