framsynt

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From fram (forward) +‎ synt (sighted).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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framsynt (masculine and feminine framsynt, neuter framsynt, definite singular and plural framsynte, comparative meir framsynt, superlative mest framsynt)

  1. foresighted, farsighted (planning well for the future)
    • 1894, Matias Skard, (translated from Siegwart Petersen), "Ei liti illustrerad Noregs soga fyre folkeskulen"
      [] fleire framsynte menner tenkte alt daa, at det var betre, at Noreg og Sverike kom i samband, naar dei tillike let Noreg faa ein fri riksskipnad.
      [] several foresighted men already then thought it would be better that Norway and Sweden were united, when they also let Norway have a free constitution.
  2. clairvoyant (able to foresee the future)
  3. (obsolete) clairvoyant (able to see invisible spirits)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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fram +‎ -synt. Probably borrowed from Danish fremsynt or Norwegian Nynorsk framsynt during 18th and 19th centuries.

Adjective

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framsynt (comparative framsyntare, superlative framsyntast)

  1. that (correctly) predicts future developments (and plans for them)
    1. forward-looking, forward-thinking
      framsynt politik
      forward-looking policies
    2. far-sighted
      Det skulle visa sig vara ett mycket framsynt beslut tio år senare
      It would turn out to be a very far-sighted decision ten years later
      en framsynt investerare som tidigt såg var världen var på väg
      a far-sighted investor who saw early on where the world was headed
    3. prescient
      en framsynt artikel som identifierade de kommande problemen långt före alla andra
      a prescient article that identified the coming problems long before anyone else

Declension

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Inflection of framsynt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular framsynt framsyntare framsyntast
Neuter singular framsynt framsyntare framsyntast
Plural framsynta framsyntare framsyntast
Masculine plural3 framsynte framsyntare framsyntast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 framsynte framsyntare framsyntaste
All framsynta framsyntare framsyntaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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