superman
Synonyymisanakirja
superman
happo, Elvis, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, LSD, lappu, Zen.
Rimmaavat sanat
superman rimmaa näiden kanssa:
self-made man, best man, hieman, ilman, stuntman...
Englannin sanakirja
superman (englanti > suomi)
superman englanniksi
puhekieltä An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. (defdate)
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1903, w:George Bernard Shaw|George Bernard Shaw, “Man's Objection to His Own Improvement”, in The Revolutionists Handbook and Pocket Companion, appendix to w:Man and Superman|Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy'', Westminster, London: w:Constable & Robinson|Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., (w) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/903618586 903618586, https://archive.org/stream/mansupermancomed00shawrichpage/194/mode/1up/ page 194:
1909, (w); (w), transl., “Zarathustra's Prologue”, in w:Thus Spoke Zarathustra|Thus Spake Zarathustra; a Book for All and None (Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche; 4), Edinburgh, T. N. Foulis, (w) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1210069 1210069; republished as Thus Spake Zarathustra, New York, N.Y.: w:Modern Library|The Modern Library, 1940s?, (w) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11993131 11993131, https://archive.org/stream/thusspokezarathu00nietuoftpage/6/mode/1up/ page 6:
A person of extraordinary or seemingly superhuman powers.
(quote-book)|year=1931|pages=113–114|oclc=1431250|passage=page 113 The idea of superman is as old as the world. Through all the centuries, through hundreds of centuries of its history, humanity has lived with the idea of superman. Sayings and legends of all ancient peoples are full of images of a superman. Heroes of myths, Titans, demi-gods, Prometheus, who brought fire from heaven; prophets, messiahs and saints of all religions; heroes of fairy tales and epic songs, knights who rescue captive princesses, awake sleeping beauties, vanquish dragons, and fight giants and ogres—all these are images of a superman. (..) page 114 People dreamt of, or remembered times long past when their life was governed by supermen, who struggled against evil, upheld justice and acted as mediators between men and the Deity, governing them according to the will of the Deity, giving them laws, bringing them commandments.
(quote-book), (w)|month=August|year=2010|page=218|isbn=978-0-312-37501-0|passage=I had a vision of what the ideal man should be. I wanted someone whose income combined with mine could afford us a family, an apartment, a car, and all the travel, luxury, and fun we could possibly tolerate. I wanted a Superman.
(quote-book)|year=2016|isbn=978-0-8126-9918-0|passage=What type of human weakness might a being of unfathomable power—a superman—inadvertently expose to the keen analytic mind of an avenging dark knight? Would he discover that a superhuman being who cannot be overcome, who is loved and adored by most, and who awes the commoner, desires to be overcome?
(quote-book)|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4103-3566-1|passage=Early in (w), w:Rodion Raskolnikov|Rodion Raskolnikov has become obsessed with the notion that he himself is a "superman." Therefore, he thinks, he is not subject to the laws that govern ordinary people. (..) However, his indecision and confusion throughout the novel indicate that he is not a superman. Moreover, in the course of the novel, w:Fyodor Dostoyevsky|Fyodor Dostoyevsky seeks to prove that there is no such thing as a superman. Dostoyevsky believes that every human life is precious, and no one is entitled to kill.
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