Visionaries

/vɪˈʒəneri/ noun

Definition

People who have the ability to think about the future in a creative or imaginative way, or those who have unusual spiritual insights.

Etymology

From Latin 'visio' (sight, vision) plus -ary (relating to). Originally referred to people who had religious visions, now applies broadly to forward-thinking people.

Kelly Says

History shows that visionaries are often mocked in their own time—Galileo was jailed, Tesla died poor, and the Wright brothers were called liars—yet their visions reshaped civilization.

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