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Definition of 'brave new world'

brave new world

singular noun
If someone refers to a brave new world, they are talking about a situation or system that has recently been created and that people think will be successful and fair.
...the brave new world of internet banking. [+ of]
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brave new world in British

(breɪv njuː wɜːld)
noun
used, sometimes ironically, to refer to a new and optimistic situation resulting from major societal or technological changes
the brave new world of fully interactive television
Little more than 12 months ago such high-science concepts were regarded as the frontiers of a brave new world.
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brave new world in American

a place or situation regarded as like that of a hypothetical future society in being variously dehumanized, disorienting, technologically revolutionary, etc.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'brave new world'
after Brave New World, title of dystopian novel (1932) by A. Huxley , an allusion to a line in The Tempest (V, i) by Shakespeare

Nearby words of 'brave new world'

  • bravado
  • Bravais lattice
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  • bravery
  • bravissimo
  • bravo

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Definition of brave new world from the Collins English Dictionary

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The indefinite pronouns are used when you do not know or do not need to say precisely who or what you are referring to. The noun phrase which they substitute for can refer to a person, a thing, or a ...
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