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brave new world

1 American  

noun

  1. a new period in history resulting from major changes in society, especially technological; a future world or society experiencing positive and negative effects from major changes.


Brave New World 2 American  

noun

  1. a novel (1932) by Aldous Huxley.


Brave New World Cultural  
  1. (1932) A novel by Aldous Huxley that depicts the potential horrors of life in the twenty-fifth century. The title comes from a line in the play The Tempest, by William Shakespeare.


Etymology

Origin of brave new world

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Example Sentences

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Tech companies proudly touting that the imminent artificial intelligence revolution are pushing the stock market to ever higher heights, even as workers wonder what their role will be in this brave new world.

From Slate

To me, this is sort of a brave new world, whether we’re going to see courts relax their deference toward the executive branch.

From Salon

And I mean, we are in kind of a brave new world.

From Salon

Formula 1's brave new world starts this week, when 10 of the 11 teams take part in a private test at Spain's Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

From BBC

In the brave new world of college football, blue blood means nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal