noun
Meaning 1
A better, often utopian (future) world.
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Phrase guide
brave new world
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noun
Meaning 2
A terrible, often oppressive or dystopian world.
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History
Etymology
From the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World, itself a reference to a line from The Tempest (1610), see quotations.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: fagre nye verden — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- French: meilleur des mondes — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- Greek: θαυμαστός καινούργιος κόσμος (thavmastós kainoúrgios kósmos) — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- Hungarian: szép új világ — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- Portuguese: admirável mundo novo — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future
- Russian: ди́вный но́вый ми́р (dívnyj nóvyj mír) — ambitious, often utopian, vision of the future