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.

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Brave New World ² American  

noun

1. a novel (1932) by Aldous Huxley.

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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.

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Etymology

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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

But even in this brave new world of college sports, the latest twist comes as a shock.

From The Wall Street Journal

He cajoled Harrison Ford to do more publicity for February’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” managed “princess week” at Disney theme parks and online, and is integrating the Disney+ and Hulu marketing teams.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a brave new world for athletes and the teams that employ them.

From Los Angeles Times

This idea shaped 20th-century dystopian novels, and Mr. Sunstein quotes a crucial passage from Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” in which a character objects to the decisions made on his behalf to optimize his happiness: “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”

From The Wall Street Journal