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futurology

futurology noun: the scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society.

Noun

futurology (usually uncountable, plural futurologies)

  1. (usually) The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
    Synonyms:
    future studies

futurology meaning in Tamil

futurology in Tamil

எதிர்காலவியல்

Synonyms of futurology

Forms of futurology

pluralfuturologies

Origin of futurology

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.

Words formed from futurology

Questions about futurology

What does futurology mean?
Futurology means the scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society.
What is futurology in Tamil?
Futurology in Tamil is எதிர்காலவியல். See Futurology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is futurology?
Futurology is a noun.
What is the plural of futurology?
The plural of futurology is futurologies.

Words near futurology in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: futurology (page history and authors); futurology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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