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FUTURIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does futurist mean?
• FUTURIST (noun)
The noun FUTURIST has 2 senses:
1. a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
2. someone who predicts the future
Familiarity information: FUTURIST used as a noun is rare.
• FUTURIST (adjective)
The adjective FUTURIST has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to futurism
Familiarity information: FUTURIST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("futurist" is a kind of...):
theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)
Derivation:
futurism (the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who predicts the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
fantast; futurist
Hypernyms ("futurist" is a kind of...):
illusionist; seer; visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight)
Derivation:
futurism (the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to futurism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
futurist; futuristic
Context example:
futurist art
Pertainym:
futurism (an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age)
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