Superman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural su·per·men.
  1. a person of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
  2. an ideal superior being conceived by Nietzsche who attains happiness, dominance, and creativity.
  3. a superior being conceived as the product of human evolution.
  4. one who prevails by virtue of being a ruthless egoist of superior strength, cunning, and force of will.
noun plural -men
  1. (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) an ideal man who through integrity and creativity would rise above good and evil and who represents the goal of human evolution
  2. any man of apparently superhuman powers
Superman (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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