futurology

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noun

The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society

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future studiesfuturistics
OriginGerman Futurologie →
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Meanings

nounfuturology (usually uncountable, plural futurologies)

plural futurologies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society

    Synonyms: future studies

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society

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future studies

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

Similar
futuristics
Broader
disciplinesubjectsubject area
Also see
future studiesfuturismfuturistics

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanFuturologie
  2. Englishfuturology

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.

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Translations

Catalan futurologia
  • futurologiascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Chinese Mandarin 未來學 /未来学
  • 未來學 /未来学 (wèiláixué)scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Czech futurologie
  • futurologiescientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Finnish tulevaisuudentutkimus, futurologia
  • tulevaisuudentutkimusscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • futurologiascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
French futurologie
  • futurologiescientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
German Futurologie, Futuristik
  • Futurologiescientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • Futuristikscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • Zukunftsforschungscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Greek μελλοντολογία
  • μελλοντολογία (mellontología)scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Hungarian jövőkutatás, futurológia
  • jövőkutatásscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • futurológiascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Icelandic framtíðarfræði
  • framtíðarfræðiscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Japanese 未来学
  • 未来学 (miraigaku)scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Korean 미래학
  • 미래학 (miraehak)scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Polish futurologia
  • futurologiascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Portuguese futurologia
  • futurologiascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Russian футуроло́гия
  • футуроло́гия (futurológija)scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Spanish futurología
  • futurologíascientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Swedish framtidsstudier, futurologi
  • framtidsstudierscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • futurologiscientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“futurology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futurology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “futurology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futurology.

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