cornucopian
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9.3
- adjective
- /ˌkɔrnəˈkoʊpiən/
- Formal
- The inventor had a cornucopian vision of the future, believing that technology would provide limitless resources for everyone.
Examples
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It's probably a good thing that he is helping to spread this data to a wider audience, to counter all the cornucopian nonsense from the rest of the MSM after the IEA report this past week, such as the latest from Learsy linked to up top.
Blog text (33) -
But it is true that the discourse is not a tidy, tightly written work, but more an overflow of the cornucopian cahiers.
Academic text (2000) -
This is hardly a cornucopian argument.
Blog text (6) -
I can't listen to cornucopian stories anymore.
Blog text (16) -
Cal was tall, quite handsome, and kind of loud, but with endless, cornucopian quantities of charm.
Fiction book (1994) -
It took a cornucopian viewpoint of the positives of higher-priced fuel as it pertained to health, from getting more exercise.
Blog text (23) -
Her cornucopian outlook on life helped her see opportunities for growth and success in every challenge.
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Many futurists adopt a cornucopian perspective, arguing that human ingenuity will solve issues of scarcity.
How Optimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
cornucopian = cornucopia (transparent) = cornucopia + an
Formed by the noun 'cornucopia' plus the productive suffix '-an' meaning 'relating to' or 'person associated with', so the sense is directly derived from 'abundance'.
Etymology
Cornucopian comes from the familiar image cornucopia, the 'horn of plenty' that pours out food and goods, and the word itself joins the Latin parts cornu 'horn' and copia 'plenty'. So, calling an idea cornucopian means you expect resources to be abundant or even limitless.