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Definition of Futurist
1. Adjective. Of or relating to futurism. "Futurist art"
2. Noun. A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future.
3. Noun. Someone who predicts the future.
Definition of Futurist
1. n. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.
Definition of Futurist
1. Noun. An adherent to the principles of the artistic movement of futurism. ¹
2. Noun. One who studies and predicts possible futures. ¹
3. Adjective. In the style of futurism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Futurist
1. an advocate of futurism [n -S] - See also: futurism
Medical Definition of Futurist
1. 1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant. 2. One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Futurist
Literary usage of Futurist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alternative World Scenarios for a New Order of Nations. by Charles W. Taylor (1994)
"In this process the futurist rewrites each scenario into an expanded theme form
called the mini-scenario. Examples of the mini-scenarios are in Appendices A ..."
2. A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman (1919)
"The more strictly musical head of the army is Signor Balilla Pratella, who has
delivered himself at large on the theory of futurist music in a volume ..."
3. Introduction to the New Testament by Theodor Zahn (1909)
"CONTEMPORARY-HISTORICAL OR futurist INTERPRETATION. Without due recognition of
the very definite tradition, and the evident marks of time in chaps. i. ..."
4. Idling in Italy: Studies of Literature and of Life by Joseph Collins (1920)
"... CHAPTER IV THE futurist SCHOOL OF ITALIAN WRITERS THE Italians are a people
of great emotional complexity, displaying a strange mixture of idealism and ..."
5. The approaching end of the age viewed in the light of history, prophecy and by Henry Grattan Guinness (1882)
"... TO futurist OBJECTIONS. THREE years having now elapsed since the publication
of this volume, it is time to notice some replies and objections which have ..."
6. The Revelation of Jesus Christ by John by Francis John Bodfield Hooper (1861)
"Objections to futurist schemes.—1. They grossly violate ' the law of departure'(p.
40). 2. Also 'the law of continuity' (p. 41). 3. ..."
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