future history

noun

A postulated history of the future that is used by authors in the subgenre of science fiction to construct a common background for fiction.

“(the speaker is a time traveller from the future) Well, lad, I would tell you more, but that's just future history that you must figure out on your own.”

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfuture history (countable and uncountable, plural future histories)

plural future histories

  1. countableA postulated history of the future that is used by authors in the subgenre of science fiction to construct a common background for fiction.
  2. humorousoftenuncountableliteratureFuture events perceived or analyzed chronologically, as compared to history.

    (the speaker is a time traveller from the future) Well, lad, I would tell you more, but that's just future history that you must figure out on your own.

Cite this entry
APA

future history. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20history

MLA

“future history.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20history. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “future history,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20history.

Source: future history on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.