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FUTURISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does futuristic mean?
• FUTURISTIC (adjective)
The adjective FUTURISTIC has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FUTURISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Derivation:
futurism (the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future)
futurism (an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age)
Context examples
You are a futuristic sign, always seeing what is coming up over the horizon.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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