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Latest comment: 3 months ago by Voltaigne in topic RFV discussion: November 2023–September 2024

RFV discussion: November 2023–September 2024

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Rfv-sense: (noun) 'An impractical dreamer'.

This is a somewhat pejorative or dismissive connotation. In my experience visionary is used in a positive sense to denote someone who has ambitious and transformative ideas about what the future could look like, and who personally contributes to their realization and/or inspires others to strive in that direction (closer to sense 3, 'Someone who has positive ideas about the future.'). Voltaigne (talk) 01:14, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

The word is frequently used in an aggrandizing manner, but I agree that it isn't dismissive in and of itself. Perhaps that's what they intended to convey but didn't get it quite right. AP295 (talk) 01:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Cited, the dismissive sense was the standard one until relatively recently. It might perhaps be considered dated now but I've still heard it used that way in real life. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 09:34, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I don't think it is dated, but it is definitely less common. Similar sense evolution to revolution. DCDuring (talk) 17:04, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Good to know. Interesting that it has been repurposed for hagiography, which hardly seems an impoverished line of work despite the decline of religion. AP295 (talk) 04:17, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
RFV-Passed Belated thanks. Voltaigne (talk) 13:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply