Meaning visionary
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visionary"able to see visions," 1650s (earlier "perceived in a vision," 1640s), from vision + -ary. Meaning "impractical" is attested from 1727. The noun is attested from 1702, fr [..]
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visionaryexisting only in the imagination
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visionaryVisionary writing has the qualities of prophecy--perhaps it is apocalyptic in imagery, or it may be predictive in its insights, or it may contain a core of moral truth. Many of the Romantic poets (esp [..]
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visionaryn. 1. One who hacks vision, in the sense of an Artificial Intelligence researcher working on the problem of getting computers to `see' things using TV cameras. (There isn't any problem in se [..]
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visionary(n) a person with unusual powers of foresight(n) a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible(adj) not practical or realizable; speculative [..]
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visionary
having vision or foresight
* Alexander Pope
*: Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
imaginary or illusory
prophetic or revelatory
* Thomson
*: The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns [..]
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