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FUTURIST

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• FUTURIST (noun)
The noun FUTURIST has 2 senses:

1. a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) 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.

• FUTURIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) 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)

Sense 2

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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)

• FUTURIST (adjective)

Sense 1

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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)

"He who laughs last, thinks slowest."
(English proverb)
"Whose end of tongue is sharp, the edge of his head must be hard"
(Breton proverb)
"If the village stands, it can break a trunk."
(Armenian proverb)
"A thin cat and a fat woman are the shame of a household."
(Corsican proverb)

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