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futuristic, a.|fjuːtjʊəˈrɪstɪk, -tʃər-|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
1. Having the characteristics of futurism; avant-garde; ultra-modern.
1915W. H. Wright Mod. Painting 257 His [sc. Gleizes'] well-known L'Homme au Balcon appears to us today almost Futuristic in conception. 1921Queen 10 Sept. 326 Quaint futuristic or jazz embroidery. 1921Galsworthy To Let i. i, What was the use of going in to look at this crazy, futuristic stuff with the view of seeing whether it had any future? 1928Melody Maker Feb. 182/2 Some pretty futuristic harmony. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 16 Garments, both futuristic and yet based on armour and chain-mail.
2. Of or pertaining to the future; predicted for the future.
1958Listener 18 Dec. 1021/2 It may well be that only when optical telescopes can be carried in earth satellites or erected on the moon will it be possible to look back into the past to this extent. Before the advent of such futuristic enterprises it seems likely that the great radio telescopes will give us the answer we require. 1969N.Y. Rev. Books 16 Jan. 32/4 Goldbloom has merely invented a novel kind of anachronism that might be called ‘futuristic’ or ‘projective’. |