What's the difference between antaean and superhuman?
Antaean
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to Antaeus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.
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Superhuman
Definition:
(a.) Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.
Example Sentences:
(1) She was presented as something superhuman but also unreal, sanitised, infantilised; she was more than just a woman singing a song, she was an Ideal, a Symbol.
(2) Whereas near superhuman feats by ordinary individuals caught in life-threatening situations have been reported, variations of great magnitude are unlikely in sport.
(3) I thought that was crucial, to show this superhuman strength she has.
(4) Such was their mutual respect, however, that the future mayor of London offered Willis membership of the Bullingdon, which, in Johnson's own words, was a "vignette of almost superhuman undergraduate arrogance, toffishness and twittishness".
(5) When Oscar Pistorius donned a pair of carbon-fibre blades to compete alongside able-bodied athletes at the 2012 Olympics, he had ceased to be a disabled athlete; instead, he offered us a glimpse of a "superhuman" future where Paralympians aided by bionics or performance-enhancing drugs might set hitherto unimaginable sporting records.
(6) The X-Files' entry into this canon is Eve, a cloned child with superhuman intelligence who likes to kill grown-ups.
(7) It’s time for English policymakers to forget about calling disabled people “superhuman” and instead to start making it possible for them to be treated as human, with equal civil and human rights.
(8) Many policymakers have expressed a desire to link executive pay to company performance , but suggest that company performance is entirely dependent on the actions of a handful of superhumans and that everyone else is more or less irrelevant.
(9) To describe his work in progress, he jotted down a list of hyperbolic adjectives: "Astounding, extraordinary, surprising, superhuman, supernatural, unheard of, savage, sinister, formidable, gigantic, savage, colossal, monstrous, deformed, disturbed, electrifying, lugubrious, funereal, hideous, terrifying, shadowy, mysterious, fantastic, nocturnal, crepuscular."
(10) Agency: Wieden + Kennedy (New York) Director: Tim Godsall Channel 4: 'Meet the Superhumans' (starts at 01:08) - UK This sensational film helped set the tone for Channel 4's award-winning coverage of last year's Paralympics.
(11) Since the London Paralympics, many disabled activists have contrasted the way in which a few elite disabled athletes have been bigged up as “superhumans” and “Yes I can” people, while the lives of many more disabled people have been increasingly undermined by austerity policy, welfare reform and public service cuts.
(12) In a leader column, the red-top condemned homophobes as a "moronic minority" and said it would take "almost superhuman bravery" for a top-flight footballer to follow in Hitzlsperger's footsteps.
(13) Not so long ago we thought he was superhuman and his slayings were guilty pleasures.
(14) Set 45 years into the future, soldiers wear exoskeletons which grant them superhuman strength, allowing them to carry great loads, to take lingering leaps into the air and to clamber up the side of buildings.
(15) Our country is, because of its geographic position, a gateway and it needs support, funds and infrastructure in order to help these desperate people, as it must do.” The marine minister, Christos Zois, also issued a statement to highlight the “daily superhuman struggle” of the Greek coastguard to “save thousands of people, victims of human smugglers”.
(16) Somewhere along the line, this was forgotten, in favour of musclebound Stakhanovites performing superhuman feats of coal-hewing.
(17) No matter how highly paid someone is, it doesn't suddenly give them superhuman powers to provide rich and developmentally appropriate care and learning opportunities to eight highly demanding two-year-olds.
(18) Michal Hubschmann’s almost superhuman three-minute pitch, on the other hand, left even the event’s cuddly polar bear mascot looking blue around the paws.
(19) On Egyptian streets Abdel Fatah al-Sisi – the top general who ousted ex-president Mohamed Morsi last summer – reached superhuman status months ago.
(20) Fear makes us run, it makes us leap, it can make us act superhuman.