futurist
futurist — noun
- futuristsingular
- futuristsplural
1. a person whose job is to study trends today and tell people what life or busines
a person whose job is to study trends today and tell people what life or business may look like years from now
Kwame is a futurist who advises car companies on what drivers will want in 2040.
noun + relative clause naming the futurist's audience
The hotel chain hired a Tokyo futurist to imagine how guests will book rooms a decade from now.
collocation: hire a futurist
At the climate summit, the futurist warned that coastal cities must start moving inland by 2050.
Esteban built his career as a futurist by writing yearly reports about jobs that do not yet exist.
Some futurists believe that home robots will help elderly people cook and bathe within twenty years.
- forecaster
broader; can apply to weather, sales, or anything short-term, not just long-range societal change
- trend analyst
narrower; focused on consumer or market patterns rather than full societal forecasts
- prognosticator
formal or jokingly grandiose; less specific to disciplined long-range study
文法句型
[a] futurist who/that + clause
用法筆記
Subject is usually a named person, a think tank, or a corporate consulting role. Common collocates: 'tech futurist', 'business futurist', 'futurist consultant', 'leading futurist'.
常見錯誤
2. an artist, writer, or supporter from the early twentieth century whose work cele
an artist, writer, or supporter from the early twentieth century whose work celebrated machines, speed, and the energy of the modern city
The Italian futurists of 1910 painted bicycles and trains to capture the noise of Milan's new factories.
the [country] futurists of [year]
Padma's thesis examines how Russian futurists used bold colours to show city life in 1915.
[scholar] examines how [group] futurists used X
The museum's new wing displays sculptures by futurists who believed art should move like a machine.
Many futurists rejected old painting styles and wrote loud manifestos in cafés across Paris and Rome.
- modernist
broader; includes futurism plus cubism, dadaism, and other early-20th-century movements
- avant-gardist
broader; any artist breaking from tradition, not specifically tied to machine-age themes
- traditionalist
an artist who keeps to older styles that futurists rejected
文法句型
the futurists [of a period]
用法筆記
Almost always used in plural form ('the futurists') and tied to a specific country and decade (Italian futurists 1909-1916, Russian futurists 1912-1930). Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is historical and group-based; sense 1 is a present-day individual profession.
常見錯誤
futurist — adjective
- futuristpositive
- more futuristcomparative
- most futuristsuperlative
1. describing the early-twentieth-century art movement that praised machines, speed
describing the early-twentieth-century art movement that praised machines, speed, and city life, or describing a work made in that style
Élise admired the bright colours and sharp angles of the futurist painting on the gallery wall.
futurist + painting / sculpture / poem (attributive)
The 1909 futurist manifesto demanded that artists destroy museums and celebrate fast cars instead.
the [year] futurist manifesto
Christopher gave a lecture on futurist design and showed photos of trains painted with sharp lines.
Reema's apartment uses a futurist style, with steel furniture and posters of 1920s racing cars.
- futuristic
much broader and more common; means 'looking like the imagined future' (sleek, high-tech), no tie to the historical movement
- avant-garde
broader; any radically new artistic style, not limited to 1910s machine-age themes
- traditional
describing art that follows older, established styles
文法句型
futurist + noun (painting, design, manifesto)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun: 'futurist painting', 'futurist manifesto'), rarely used after 'be'. The word refers specifically to the 1909-1930 movement; do not use it as a general synonym for 'modern' or 'forward-looking'.