futurity

[ fyoo-toor-i-tee, -tyoor-, -choor-, -chur- ]

noun

, plural fu·tu·ri·ties.

1. future time:

   Such discussion is better left to futurity.

2. future generations; posterity:

   What will futurity say about this?

3. the afterlife:

   the promise of eternal rest in futurity.

4. a future state or condition; a future event, possibility, or prospect: His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.

   We are concerned about the futurity of unsubsidized opera.

   His tactfulness remains more of a futurity than a reality.

5. the quality of being future:

   the futurity of the end of the world.

6. Also called futurity race. Horse Racing. a race, usually for two-year-olds, in which the entrants are selected long before the race is run, sometimes before the birth of the foal.

futurity

/ fjuːˈtjʊərɪtɪ /

noun

1. a less common word for future
2. the quality of being in the future
3. a future event

Word History and Origins

Origin of futurity¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; future + -ity

Example Sentences

Pierre: “You did pretty good. Won some derbies and futurities. She did really good.”

From Washington Post

The “Drag pedagogy” paper fueled the backlash with statements such as “DQSH offers a queer relationality with children that breaks from the reproductive futurity of the normative classroom and nuclear family.”

From Washington Times

I have been thinking about how to situate this cyborg that I’m building outside of the conventions of a futurity that’s very white, that’s very dependent on technology that’s supposed to enhance a human body.

From Los Angeles Times

In my own scholarship and writing, I’m building up these ideas in ways that feed into conversations within Black feminism, Black studies, Afrofuturism, and debates about our shared history and futurity.

From Seattle Times

“I love her ability to pivot from conversations around Black futurity that center on the fantastic and spectacular,” Onli added, “and remind us that our future may not look drastically different from our present.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• destiny
• fate
• millennium
• outlook
• prospect