superrace

[ soo-per-reys ]

noun

1. a race, class, or people considered superior to others.

Word History and Origins

Origin of superrace¹

super- + race ²

Example Sentences

The new Myron is a staid and politically conservative Southern Californian, a caterer of Chinese food, a dog fancier and the husband of the lovely Mary-Ann, whom Myra lusted after in Book I. Yet deep within Myron the old Myra lives on, awaiting the moment to reassert her evil nature � or, as she likes to put it, to become "the Embodiment of Necessary Mutancy on the verge of creating a superrace, in my image."

From Time Magazine Archive

In other cases, a 24-year-old came to believe he was the first member of a new superrace, a 20-year-old thought he was a Ku Klux Klan potentate in charge of the Mafia, and a 17-year-old decided he was the Messiah returned to earth.

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The superrace has even, upon occasion, secretly sent one of its number to earth.

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Christ seems to be a man born ahead of his time and Salvation is the evolution of the human species into a superrace.

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As might have been expected, Maple struck up a friendship with two of the superrace.

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