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Jetsonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒɛtˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
  • /d͡ʒɛtˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From The Jetsons, an American animated sitcom airing in prime time from 1962 to 1963. The show portrayed the life of the Jetsons, a family living in the year 2062 in a futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.

Meanings

  1. Futuristic in an outlandish or unconventional manner
    • While no one can say exactly how we will get from the current moment to that Jetsonian future, one thing for sure can be said about location-awareness: maps are required. 2013, Adam Fisher, Google’s Road Map to Global Domination:

Forms

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more Jetsonian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Jetsonian Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

Flintstonian

wikipedia: The Jetsons