brave new world

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cesur yeni dünya
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A significant change for the worse
An ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
{i} futuristic novel written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932; 1999 musical recording by the rock band Styx
{i} world in which society has been transformed by technology and science, new and progressive world
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. A world or realm of radically transformed existence, especially one in which technological progress has both positive and negative results. a novel written in 1932 by the British writer Aldous Huxley, which imagines an advanced society of the future in which many people seem to have easy and pleasant lives, but in fact no-one has any freedom. This phrase, which was first used in Shakespeare's play The Tempest, is now used to describe any society like this

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brave new worlds
plural form of brave new world
brave new world

    Turkish pronunciation

    breyv nyu wırld

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbrāv ˈnyo͞o ˈwərld/ /ˈbreɪv ˈnjuː ˈwɜrld/

    Etymology

    [ 'brAv ] (adjective.) 15th century. From the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World, which is in turn a reference to a line from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (first performed around 1611).
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