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futurologist

futurologist noun: a person who practices futurology.

Noun

futurologist (plural futurologists)

  1. A person who practices futurology.
    • Although I do not pretend to be a futurologist, I would be embarrassed if my view of the trends and causes of social life in the United States had become invalid in such a short interval. (It is easy to be a success as a futurologist as long as your predictions are about what's going to happen...2011, Marvin Harris, Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page vi
    Synonyms:
    futurist

Synonyms of futurologist

Forms of futurologist

pluralfuturologists

Origin of futurologist

From futurology + -ist.

Questions about futurologist

What does futurologist mean?
Futurologist means a person who practices futurology.
What part of speech is futurologist?
Futurologist is a noun.
What is the plural of futurologist?
The plural of futurologist is futurologists.

Words near futurologist in the dictionary

  1. Futuro House
  2. Futuro Pod
  3. futurological
  4. futurologically
  5. futurologies
  6. futurologist
  7. futurologists
  8. futurology
  9. Futuros
  10. futurous
  11. futurs

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