CEFR C1

retrofuturist

noun

Meaning

retrofuturist means the revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses retrofuturist to mean the revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
The teacher asked students to find retrofuturist in the reading.

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retrofuturist (C1)

noun

Definition

Examples

The article uses retrofuturist to mean the revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
The teacher asked students to find retrofuturist in the reading.

How to Use retrofuturist

a/the retrofuturist (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a retrofuturist."
retrofuturist in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked retrofuturist in context before translating it."

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