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visionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)ri/

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Definition of visionary

adjective

  • 1thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom:a visionary leader
  • archaic (of a scheme or idea) not practical.
  • 2relating to or having the ability to see visions in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition:visionary dreams
  • archaic existing only in a vision or in the imagination.

noun (plural visionaries)

  • a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like: he is a visionary keen on policy-making

Derivatives

visionariness

noun

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