different between limitation vs transhumanism

English

Etymology

Latin limitatio.

Morphologically limit +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?m??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

limitation (countable and uncountable, plural limitations)

1. The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
2. A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
3. An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.
4. (law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

   The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation.

Synonyms

• (time period): prescription

Antonyms

• limitlessness

Derived terms

• limitational
• statute of limitations

Related terms

• limitative

Translations

References

• limitation at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• militation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.mi.ta.sj??/

Noun

limitation f (plural limitations)

1. limitation (action of limiting)

English

Alternative forms

• H+, h+, H-plus

Etymology

From trans- +? humanism, coined by Julian Huxley in 1957.

Noun

transhumanism (countable and uncountable, plural transhumanisms)

1. A philosophy favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition.
   • 2011, Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz, The Techno-Human Condition, MIT Press (?ISBN), page 87:

     Those who favor transhumanism speak the language of individual choice and freedom from institutional authoritarianism; those who challenge it speak the language of human dignity and human nature as embodied in the individual.

Coordinate terms

• posthumanism

Related terms

• transhuman
• transhumanist
• Transhumanist Party

See also

• bioconservatism

Translations

Further reading

• transhumanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia