transhumanist

Definition

An advocate of transhumanism.

Etymology

From trans- + human + -ist, after transhumanism.

Example Sentences

• "Many transhumanists such as [Ray] Kurzweil contend that they are carrying on the legacy of the Enlightenment – that theirs is a philosophy grounded in reason and empiricism, even if they do lapse occasionally into metaphysical language about “transcendence” and “eternal life”."
• "[Eliezer] Yudkowsky was a transhumanist: human brains were going to be uploaded into digital brains during his lifetime, and this was great news."