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posthumanism - sentience
| Word | Cite needed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| posthumanism (n.) | antedating 1985 B. Sterling 'Schismatrix' | the condition or nature of posthumans |
| posthumanist (adj.) | antedating 1985 B. Sterling 'Schismatrix' | of or related to posthumanism |
| posthumanity (n.) | antedating 1985 B. Sterling 'Schismatrix' | the society or condition of posthumans |
| precog (n.) | antedating 1954 P. K. Dick 'A World of Talent' | a person with precognitive abilities |
| precog (v.) | antedating 1948 H, Beam Piper, 'Police Operation' | to predict the future by precognitive powers |
| prespace (adj.) | antedating 1949 'Rene LaFayette', 'The Emperor of the Universe' | =prespaceflight |
| prespaceflight (adj.) | any evidence 1972 George Zebrowski, 'The Omega Point' | from, or characteristic of, a time before spaceflight |
| pressor (n.) | antedating 1940 E. E. Smith 'Gray Lensman' | =pressor beam |
| pressor beam (n.) | antedating 1931 | a device that emits a beam that causes the target to be impelled away from the source of the beam; also the beam itself |
| pressure-suit (n.) | antedating 1928 E. E. Smith 'The Skylark of Space' | =space suit |
| prime directive (n.) | antedating 1956 Poul Anderson, "The Live Coward" | a rule or law that overrides or guides other rules or laws; in particular a rule forbidding interference in the affairs of aliens which have not yet achieved space travel |
| pseudogravity (n.) | antedating 1941 Robert A. Heinlein, 'Common Sense' | |
| psi (n.) | antedating 1942 R. H. Thouless in Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. | paranormal phenomena or faculties collectively; the psychic force supposed to be manifested by these |
| psionic (adj.) | antedating 1951 J. Williamson 'The Peddler's Nose' | pertaining to or involving psi |
| psionics (n.) | antedating 1951 J. Williamson 'The Greatest Invention' | (the study of) the paranormal |
| psychohistory (n.) | antedating 1942 I. Asimov in Astounding Sci. Fiction June | the theory that the history of large populations is statistically predictable, based on psychological theories of human and social behaviour; science based on this theory |
| raise (v.) | antedating 1941 F.H.Hardart, 'The Beast of Space' | (of a spaceship) to lift off a planet |
| ramscoop (n.) | antedating 1965 Larry Niven 'World of Ptavvs' | a (theoretical) space propulsion method using electromagnetic fields to scoop up interstellar material as reaction mass and/or fuel |
| ray (n.) | antedating 1898 H. G. Wells 'War of the Worlds' | supposed beam of (destructive) energy |
| ray (v.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | to fire a ray at |
| ray-gun (n.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, 'The Black Star Passes' | a hand-held device that can be made to emit rays, esp. destructive or harmful ones |
| ray pistol (n.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | = ray gun |
| ray projector (n.) | antedating 1930 John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes' | |
| razor (adj.) | antedating 1984 W. Gibson 'Neuromancer' | having razors or other blades replacing fingernails |
| reaction drive (n.) | antedating 1949 T. Sturgeon 'Minority Report' | a spaceship drive |
| replicant (n.) | antedating 1981 in Blade Runner script | artificial alien or genetically engineered replica of a human being |
| replicant (n.) | antedating 1987 W. Schneider in Atlantic Monthly | person who works in a robotic manner; mindless and lacking originality; clone |
| rimworld (n.) | antedating 1957 Robert A. Heinlein, "Citizen of the Galaxy" | a planet orbiting a star at the edge, or rim, of the galaxy |
| ringwall (n.) | antedating 1944 C. Bonestell & W. Ley in Astounding Sci. Fiction | a roughly circular ring of cliffs/mountains surrounding an impact crater |
| robo- (n.) | antedating 1945 A.E. van Vogt, "World of Null-A" | combining form of robot(ic) |
| robomb (n.) | antedating 1944 Saturday Night (Toronto) 22 July | a robot bomb |
| robot (n.) | antedating 1922 New York Times | a machine designed to function in place of a human, esp. one that resembles a human |
| robotic (n.) | antedating 1941 I. Asimov in Astounding Sci. Fiction May | of or pertaining to robots; characteristic of or resembling a robot |
| robotical (adj.) | antedating 1942 in Amazing Stories Feb. | having the manner of a robot; related to robots |
| robotically (adv.) | antedating 1971 P. Anderson 'The Byworlder' | in a robotical way |
| roboticist (n.) | antedating 1946 Isaac Asimov, 'Evidence' | a scientist or engineer who studies or works with robots |
| roboticized (adj.) | antedating 1952 E. Wellen 'Origins of Galactic Slang' | provided with or converted to the use of robots |
| robotics (n.) | antedating 1941 Isaac Asimov in Astounding Sci. Fiction May | |
| rocketeer (n.) | antedating 1935 Benson Herbert, 'The Perfect World' | someone who flies rockets or rocketships |
| rocketman (n.) | antedating 1931 Salt Lake Tribune | someone who pilots, or works on, a rocket or rockets |
| rocket-ship (n.) | antedating 1925 H. Scheffauer in The New York Times | a spaceship powered by rockets |
| sapient (n.) | antedating 1968 P. J. Farmer "The Day of Timestop" | an intelligent alien |
| sapient (adj.) | antedating 1962 H. B. Piper 'Naudsonce' | of an alien, having intelligence of human level |
| Saturnian (n.) | antedating 1738 Gentl. Mag. VIII. | an inhabitant of Saturn |
| saucer (n.) | antedating 1947 | =flying saucer |
| saucerman (n.) | antedating 1952 Larry Shaw in _Space Science Fiction_ | a being imagined to travel in a flying saucer |
| scientifilm (n.) | antedating 1935 F. J. Ackerman in Wonder Stories | a science fiction film |
| selenite (n.) | antedating 1645 Howell Lett. III. ix. | supposed inhabitant of the moon |
| sentience (n.) | antedating 1947 G. O. Smith 'The Kingdom of the Blind' | an intelligent being |
| sentience (n.) | antedating 1937 Jack Williamson, 'Released Entropy' | the condition of being sentient |