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Meta-humanMetahuman is a term, coined by the fictitious alien Dominators (in DC Comics' Invasion! miniseries), used to describe any human being with what are commonly described as "super powers". The justification for this alternate phrase is that "super" implies a value judgement is super-strength somehow "better" than normal strength? Moreover, it implies that the ability is an enhanced version of a normal human ability by which definition, telekinesis (for example), which is not possessed by normal humans, is not a superpower. These powers are referred to as metahuman abilities. The more common term for metahuman is superhuman. A common rule in some fandom is that Marvel has mutants, while DC has metahumans. The prefix "meta", in this context, simply means "beyond" as in "metastable", which is beyond regular stability and ready to collapse at the slightest disruption, or "metamorphosis", which is the state of going beyong a single shape.
Meta-Human is short for Meta-Morphed Human which means: Meta = After Morphed = Changed or Changed Shape - (Morpheus was the ancient Greek God of Dreams (Morpheus means "to shape" or "to take shape" or "to reshape") - son of Hypnos ancient Greek God of Sleep.) In mythology, Morpheus was assotiated with dreams concerning the future. Often a Meta-Human who was a normal Human Being but then went through a change - for better or for worse - and may look different or may from then on have special abilities i.e. the Flash from DC Comics or Spider-Man from Marvel Comics.
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