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• brave new world
  brave new world

  noun

  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
  Brave New World

  noun

  a novel (1932) by Aldous Huxley.

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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Brave new world: Songwriter royalties are the cornerstone of the music publishing business — a job that's become increasingly fraught amid the rise of Internet-based services such as Pandora, Spotify and the new Apple Music.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2015