futurology
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futurology
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From 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.
noun futurologies
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The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Similar: future studies
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noun scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
| Español | futurología |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미래학 miraehak |
| 日本語 | 未来学 miraigaku |
| 中文 | 未來學 /未来学 wèiláixué |
| Português | futurologia |
| Français | futurologie |
| Deutsch | Futurologie, Futuristik, Zukunftsforschung |
| Ελληνικά | μελλοντολογία mellontología |
| Русский | футуроло́гия futurológija |
Talk about this word "futurology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/futurology. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. futurology. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/futurology "futurology." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/futurology.Cite this
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title = {futurology},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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