SUPERMAN


Meaning of SUPERMAN in English

■ noun ( plural supermen )

1》 another term for Übermensch .

2》 informal a man with exceptional physical or mental ability.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from super- + man , coined by G. B. Shaw in imitation of Ger. Übermensch (used by Nietzsche).

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