Ahead of your time

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To have ideas or attitudes that are too advanced to be accepted by the public during one's lifetime.

His thoughts around gender equality were really ahead of his time during the early 1900s.
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Often appears as...

  • being ahead of your time
  • certainly ahead of your time

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Approving

Idiomatic

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Time Reference

This phrase often relates to historical or future contexts when discussing innovations or ideas.

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Da Vinci was ahead of his time with his inventions.
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Cultural Recognition

Used to show respect for someone whose work was only fully appreciated after their era.

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Frida Kahlo's art was ahead of its time and inspired many later generations.
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Not Mainstream

Implies that the person's ideas have not yet become mainstream or widely accepted.

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The idea of electric cars was ahead of its time until recently.
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