futilitarian
UK/fjuːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/fjuˌtɪləˈtɛɹi.ən/
futilitarian adjective: having the opinion that all human activity is futile.
Adjective
futilitarian (comparative more futilitarian, superlative most futilitarian)
- Having the opinion that all human activity is futile.
- In America the silence was more oppressive than the ignorance; but perhaps elsewhere the world might still hide some haunt of futilitarian silence where content reigned—although long search had not revealed it—and so the pilgrimage began anew!1918, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
Noun
futilitarian (plural futilitarians)
- A person believing that all human activity is futile.
- It is in the region of the Island that most of the battles take place between organized labour and the apostles of free labour. Let there be any industrial trouble of any kind, and down upon the district swoop dozens of fussy futilitarians, to argue, exhort, bully, and agitate generally.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company
- A person devoted to profitless pursuits.
Forms of futilitarian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more futilitarian |
| superlative | most futilitarian |
| Noun | |
| plural | futilitarians |
Origin of futilitarian
Blend of futility + utilitarian c. 1830.
Words that rhyme with futilitarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about futilitarian
- What does futilitarian mean?
- Futilitarian means having the opinion that all human activity is futile.
- What part of speech is futilitarian?
- Futilitarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce futilitarian?
- Futilitarian is pronounced /fjuːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
Words near futilitarian in the dictionary
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