retrofuturism
See also: retro-futurism
English
Alternative forms
- retro-futurism
Etymology
retro- + futurism
Noun
retrofuturism (uncountable)
- The revival of historical conceptions of the future in media and design.
- 2006, David Bell, Science, Technology and Culture, Open University Press (2006), →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.
- 2006, David Bell, Science, Technology and Culture, Open University Press (2006), →ISBN, pages 89-90:
Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:retrofuturism.
Derived terms
- retrofuturistic
See also
- zeerust