Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.
- noun One who holds the view that human endeavor is futile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Devoted to worthless or useless pursuits, aims, or the like.
- noun A person given to useless or worthless pursuits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having the opinion that all
human activity isfutile - noun a person with such views
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Winnie, Beckett’s "hopeful futilitarian" is buried up to her waist in the earth, woken and summoned to bed each day by the same disembodied bell.
Audio Interview with actress Tanja Jacobs on playing Winnie in Beckett’s Happy Days 2009
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Winnie, Beckett’s "hopeful futilitarian" is buried up to her waist in the earth, woken and summoned to bed each day by the same disembodied bell.
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Grade: C Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become a futurist, a futurologist and a futilitarian.
Lore Sj 2008
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Grade: C Born helpless, nude and unable to provide for himself, Lore Sjöberg eventually overcame these handicaps to become a futurist, a futurologist and a futilitarian.
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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!
Silence (1894–1898) 1918
swanyswan commented on the word futilitarian
one who believes that human striving is futile ... maybe just a bit..
October 25, 2007