1. Homme qui dépasse par son intelligence et/ou sa force physique l'être humain ordinaire.
2. (Philosophie) L'homme qui, selon Nietzsche, apparaîtra une jour si l'humanité évolue selon certaines normes.
(Irregular plural: supermen).
A man of superhuman strength.
The first comic-strip superhero, created 1938 in the US by writer Jerome Siegel and artist Joseph Shuster, later featured in films, television, and other media. In the German philosopher Nietzsche’s work, his ideal future human being was the Übermensch, or Superman.