PoliticsAugust 17, 2026
futurity
fyoo-CHOOR-uh-tee
Definition
The quality or state of being in or related to the future; the potential or orientation toward what is yet to come.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'futurus,' meaning 'about to be,' which is the future participle of 'esse' (to be). It entered English in the late 16th century to denote the state or quality of being future.
In the news
In the article, Wendy Brown encourages a democratic politics that looks toward futurity, shifting focus away from past injuries toward collective invention and future possibilities.
Wendy Brown Receives the 2026 Benjamin E. Lippincott Award for “States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity”
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