| Definition | the condition or nature of posthumans |
| OED requirements | antedating 1985 |
| Earliest cite | B. Sterling 'Schismatrix' |
| Comment | Douglas Winston submitted a 1985 cite from Bruce Sterling's "Schismatrix". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2003 cite from a review by Russell Letson.
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| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
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| 1985 B. Sterling Schismatrix 229 | Really? Posthumanism! Prigoginic levels of complexity! Fractal scales, bedrock of space-time, precontinuum ur-space! Have I got it right? |
| 2005 C. Stross Accelerando iii. 108 | This is the elitist side of the posthumanism shtick, potentially as threatening to her post-enlightenment ideas as the divine right of kings. |