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visionnaire

visionary

noun adjective vee-zyoh-NEHR Rare

Usage Note

Visionnaire functions as both a noun ('a visionary') and an adjective ('visionary thinking'), with no change in form between genders. It carries positive connotations of forward-thinking leadership, though historically it could imply someone prone to visions or hallucinations, a sense now largely obsolete.

Examples

"C'est un grand visionnaire de notre époque."

Natural Translation

He is a great visionary of our era.

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