| Definition | the society or condition of posthumans |
| OED requirements | antedating 1985 |
| Earliest cite | B. Sterling 'Schismatrix' |
| Comment | Douglas Winston submitted a 1985 cite from Bruce Sterling's "Schismatrix". Michael Dolbear submitted a 1995 cite from Ian MacDonald's "Evolution's Shore". Irene Grumman submitted a 1997 cite from Michael Swanwick's "The Wisdom of Old Earth".
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| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
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| 1985 B. Sterling Schismatrix 231 | Posthumanity's bigger than that. |
| 2006 C. Stross Glasshouse xii. 245 | Isolated pockets of Curious Yellow [sc. a computer virus] are probably still running, out beyond the liberated light cone, in the eternal darkness and cold—just as there may be outposts of free posthumanity who dropped off the net when the Republic of Is disintegrated. |