retrofuturism

See also: retro-futurism

English

Alternative forms

• retro-futurism

Etymology

retro- +‎ futurism

Noun

retrofuturism (uncountable)

1. The revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
   • 2006, David Bell, Science, Technology and Culture, Open University Press, →ISBN, pages 89–90:

     Even the aesthetics of its interface, with a kind of Star Trek-like retrofuturism, makes users feel as if their computer is doing the things we imagined computers would be doing, rather than the humdrum business of typing, filing and storing.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• retrofuturistic

See also

• zeerust