- futurology
- noun Date: 1946 a study that deals with future possibilities based on current trends • futurological adjective • futurologist noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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futurology — fu tur*ol o*gy, n. Studies projecting or predicting the future based on current trends. {fu tur*o*log i*cal}, a. {fu tur*ol o*gist}, n. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
futurology — UK US /fjuːtʃərˈɒlədʒi/ noun [U] ► the study of social, political, and technical developments in order to understand what may happen in the future … Financial and business terms
futurology — 1946, from FUTURE (Cf. future) + OLOGY (Cf. ology) … Etymology dictionary
futurology — ☆ futurology [fyo͞o΄chər äl′ə jē ] n. [ FUTUR(E) + OLOGY] the speculative study of probable or presumed future conditions, as extrapolated from known facts and trends futurological adj. futurologist n … English World dictionary
Futurology — Futures Studies, Foresight, or Futurology is the science, art and practice of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. Futures studies (colloquially called Futures by many of the… … Wikipedia
futurology — The attempt to forecast the future by constructing theories of history is as old as philosophy itself. But the systematic practice of futurology projecting statistical trends in order to construct realistic future scenarios dates from the 1950s… … Dictionary of sociology
futurology — futurological /fyooh cheuhr euh loj i keuhl/, adj. /fyooh cheuh rol euh jee/, n. the study or forecasting of trends or developments in science, technology, political or social structure, etc. [1945 50; FUTURE + O + LOGY] * * * Study of current… … Universalium
futurology — [[t]fju͟ːtʃərɒ̱ləʤi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Futurology is the activity of trying to predict what is going to happen, on the basis of facts about what is happening now. The way a good investor does really well is by engaging in successful futurology. Syn:… … English dictionary
futurology — noun The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society … Wiktionary
futurology — The activity of predicting the state of the world at some future time, by extrapolating from present trends. Mainly a pseudo science, given the complexities of social, political, economic, technological, and natural factors. See chaos … Philosophy dictionary
