futurama
Americannoun
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an exhibition or display that attempts to depict certain aspects or elements of life in the future.
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a comprehensive projection of the future.
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Origin of futurama
After Futurama ( see 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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