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futurama

American  
[fyoo-chuh-ram-uh, -rah-muh] / ˌfyu tʃəˈræm ə, -ˈrɑ mə /

noun

  1. an exhibition or display that attempts to depict certain aspects or elements of life in the future.

  2. a comprehensive projection of the future.

Other Word Forms

  • futuramic adjective

Etymology

Origin of futurama

After Futurama ( future, -ama ), name of an exhibit at the New York World's Fair (1939)

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As Mumford sees him, contemporary man is about as well suited to a place in the Mumford futurama as a Rhode Island rooster is suited to cooing like a dove and soaring like an eagle.

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