futurist

[ fyoo-cher-ist ]

noun
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.

  2. Theology. a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse will be fulfilled in the future.: Compare presentist, preterist.

  1. Also fu·tur·ol·o·gist [fyoo-chuh-rol-uh-jist] /ˌfyu tʃəˈrɒl ə dʒɪst/ . a person whose occupation or specialty is the forecasting of future events, conditions, or developments.

adjective

Origin of futurist

1
From the Italian word futurista, dating back to 1835–45. See future, -ist

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How to use futurist in a sentence

  • We talked of the possibilities of next year's Salons and disagreed on the subject of futurist painting.

    Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • Why should you expect in him a super-instinct towards futurist sociology?

    The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott Parry
  • What could be more futurist than the coal black sky under which they so contentedly graze?

  • The futurist devotees were indignant, but there were enough who were stung by faint suspicion to investigate.

    Greenwich Village | Anna Alice Chapin
  • There is the futurist, post-impressionist poseur who more than half believes in his own pose.

    Greenwich Village | Anna Alice Chapin