superbrain

noun — 2 senses

superbrain

noun

Etymology From super- + brain.

1

An exceptionally intelligent person; a genius.

  • It does not take a superbrain to enumerate specifically the duties expected of a new man […]1945, Eugene Jackson Benge, Manpower in marketing:
  • More puzzles for superbrains [title]1983, Steve Odell, More puzzles for superbrains:
2

An exceptionally powerful brain or artificial intelligence.

  • This first superbrain died after four years, suffering understandably from mental derangement brought on by its brain weight […]1965, Daniel Stephen Halacy, Cyborg: evolution of the superman:
  • I'm wired to the world / That's how I know everything / I'm superbrain / That's how they made me2000, “Utopia”, in Felt Mountain, performed by Goldfrapp:
1 more example
  • There are good biological reasons why we have not become just superbrain, rational calculators, even were this biologically possible.2003, Anthony J Sanford, Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird, The nature and limits of human understanding:

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