futurology
The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or societyThe scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
» The study of futurology was his forte.
Das Studium der Futurologie war seine Stärke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Futurologie, Futuristik, Zukunftsforschung
футуроло́гияfuturológija
- the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
Examples
2 sentencesThe study of futurology was his forte.
deDas Studium der Futurologie war seine Stärke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Futurology includes notions of probabilities.
Translations
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Origin
From future + -ology. Attested once in 1934 as the title of play, Futureology; in later usFrom future + -ology. Attested once in 1934 as the title of play, Futureology; in later use, after German Futurologie, suggested in a 1942 letter to the American scholar John H. Herz by the German political scientist Ossip K. Flechtheim, who used futurology in a 1943 Phylon article.
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Forms
plural: futurologies| Singular | futurology |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions:futuristics
Word family
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