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Meaning of "futilitarian" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUTILITARIAN

Facetious coinage from futile + utilitarian.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUTILITARIAN

futilitarian  [fjuːˌtɪlɪˈtɛərɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUTILITARIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Futilitarian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FUTILITARIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of futilitarian in the English dictionary

The definition of futilitarian in the dictionary is of or relating to the belief that human endeavour can serve no useful purpose. Other definition of futilitarian is one who holds this belief.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUTILITARIAN


authoritarian
ɔːˌθɒrɪˈtɛərɪən
communitarian
kəˌmjuːnɪˈtɛərɪən
documentarian
ˌdɒkjʊmənˈtɛərɪən
egalitarian
ɪˌɡælɪˈtɛərɪən
flexitarian
ˌflɛksɪˈtɛərɪən
fruitarian
fruːˈtɛərɪən
humanitarian
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪən
libertarian
ˌlɪbəˈtɛərɪən
nonsectarian
ˌnɒnsɛkˈtɛərɪən
Ontarian
ɒnˈtɛərɪən
parliamentarian
ˌpɑːləmɛnˈtɛərɪən
pescetarian
ˈpɛskəˌtɛərɪən
proletarian
ˌprəʊlɪˈtɛərɪən
sanitarian
ˌsænɪˈtɛərɪən
sectarian
sɛkˈtɛərɪən
Tartarian
tɑːˈtɛərɪən
totalitarian
təʊˌtælɪˈtɛərɪən
unitarian
ˌjuːnɪˈtɛərɪən
utilitarian
juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛərɪən
vegetarian
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUTILITARIAN

futchel
futharc
futhark
futhorc
futhork
futile
futilely
futileness
futilitarianism
futilities
futility
futon
futsal
futtock
futtock plate
futtock shroud
futural
future
future life
future perfect

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUTILITARIAN

agrarian
antiquarian
aquarian
assistant librarian
barbarian
Bavarian
Brian
Bulgarian
centenarian
contrarian
culinarian
Hungarian
librarian
Maid Marian
Marian
Old Bulgarian
ovarian
quinquagenarian
riparian
school librarian
veterinarian

Synonyms and antonyms of futilitarian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «futilitarian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUTILITARIAN

Find out the translation of futilitarian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of futilitarian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «futilitarian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

futilitarian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

futilitarian
570 millions of speakers

English

futilitarian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

futilitarian
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

futilitarian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

futilitarian
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

futilitarian
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরর্থক বা নিষ্ফল প্রয়াসে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

futilitarian
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Futilitarian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

futilitarian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

futilitarian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

futilitarian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Futilitarian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

futilitarian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

futilitarian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भविष्यकालीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

futilitarian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

futilitarian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

futilitarian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

futilitarian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

futilitarian
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

futilitarian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

futilitarian
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

futilitarian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

futilitarian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of futilitarian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUTILITARIAN»

The term «futilitarian» is regularly used and occupies the 104.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUTILITARIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «futilitarian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «futilitarian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about futilitarian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUTILITARIAN»

Discover the use of futilitarian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to futilitarian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catholic Radicalism
**22** Utilitarian Thought When English philosophers broke away from medieval thought they formulated what is called a utilitarian philosophy. Locke, Hobbes and Hume, the utilitarian philosophers, had for disciples the futilitarian economists ...
Maurin Peter
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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
Tell me, would you rather be . . . an eminento or a criddow? an agathist or a futilitarian? abellibone or an objurgatrix? an Übermensch or a goobermensch? a crawk or a stalko? Except for the last pair, where I was sneaky and made both ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
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The Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy
As a retreat from historical engagement, the aloof transestablishment shares features with the reactionary proestablishment and the futilitarian disestablishment. The reactionary proestablishment rejects the actual historical challenges, lies ...
Gene Marshall, Gene Marshall Et Al, 2011
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Mr. Lastings The 1L: A Guide for the First Year Law Student
See him stumble along the way. Learn what its like to be a law student. This guide, created by an actual lawyer, features original cartoons depicting law school and the funny things that happen along the way.
John Nemoy, 2012
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Magazine of Art
Over and over again the Prime Mover in the Civic Movement has scorned the Utilitarians who pushed art out of the national life. " Futilitarian has been our attitude, futilitarian our recklessness toward Nature and our callousness toward art" he ...
‎1917
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The New York Intellectuals Reader
Does that make me “an Old Futilitarian of the Dead American left”? So be it. Better an “old Futilitarian of the dead American left” than a surf-rider on the Wave ofthe Future. War is unthinkable. The Western powers, tied to the interests 300 • The ...
Neil Jumonville, 2013
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Russell Kirk and the Age of Ideology
Despite these tirades, Schlesinger admitted that Kirk was clearly one of the central figures in the modern conservative revival.9 William Newman's The Futilitarian Society (1961) was perhaps the sharpest and most impassioned attack that Kirk ...
W. Wesley McDonald, 2004
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A Guide to Universal Truths: Planet Earth, How Did We Get ...
They thus believe in a random, futilitarian universe where—if they're existentialists—they might imagine that occasionally a heroic human being could assert some purpose above the froth of randomness, but in general, we're all doomed to ...
Robert Thomas Fertig, 2006
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Aldous Huxley, from Poet to Mystic
Huxley discloses a terminal irony that Crome Yellow sidestepped when upending Stone: the futility of the futilitarian, not to mention the futilitarian's equally futile discovery of it, an absolutely pointless epiphany. The cruelest joke, it spells defeat ...
Jerome Meckier, 2011
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Father Gregory; Or, Lures and Failures: A Tale of Hindostan
THE FUTILITARIAN. “IF it will give you the slightest comfort, my son, tell me by all means," replied Father Gregory to the earnest appeal of Mr. Henry Hoalke that he would listen to the tale of the_ cruel misfortunes that had reduced him, ...
Percival Christopher Wren, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUTILITARIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term futilitarian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Walt Disney's Curious Fascination With Death
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, Jun 15»
2
Lebanese director wins short-film prize at Cannes
Dagher, 30, chose animation as a tool to present his ideas on the complicated life in Lebanon against an apocalyptic, gloomy, futilitarian and ... «Al-Monitor, May 15»
3
Kirsten Gillibrand — a Better Bet Than Hillary?
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, May 15»
4
The Muppets' History of Violence
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, May 15»
5
The Phenomenal Mike Trout
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, May 15»
6
The Rise and Fall of Shirtless Putin
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, May 15»
7
Nixon's Therapist May Have Cost Him a Lot More Than Yours
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, May 15»
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Dilma Rousseff
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, Apr 15»
9
Coke Made Especially for a Communist
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, Apr 15»
10
The Bible-Quoting Firebrand Behind Jackie Robinson
He has five degrees and writes about history, politics, film, sports, and anything in which he gets to use the word “futilitarian.” Explore more ... «OZY, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Futilitarian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/futilitarian>. May 2024 ».
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