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future shock

future shock noun: a sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.

Noun

future shock (uncountable)

  1. A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.
    • And of course, future shock and death-wish encroachment eventually got everyone, especially on advanced planets. Deep down, deep down, we all want to die.1977, Bruce Stirling, Involution Ocean, published 1988, page 76
    • GPT-4 […] exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately. And it has made me wonder whether that feeling will ever fade, or whether we’re going to be experiencing “future shock” — the term coined by the writer Alvin Toffler for the feeling that...2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times

future shock meaning in Tamil

future shock in Tamil

எதிர்காலவதிர்ச்சி

Origin of future shock

From future + shock. Coined by American writer, futurist and businessman Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell.

Questions about future shock

What does future shock mean?
Future shock means a sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.
What is future shock in Tamil?
Future shock in Tamil is எதிர்காலவதிர்ச்சி. See Future shock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is future shock?
Future shock is a noun.

Words near future shock in the dictionary

  1. future perfect progressive
  2. future perfects
  3. future progressive
  4. future progressives
  5. future proof
  6. future shock
  7. future simple
  8. future studies
  9. future tense
  10. future tenses
  11. future war

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