futurologist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
futurology + -ist
Noun[edit]
futurologist (plural futurologists)
- A person who practices futurology.
- Synonym: futurist
- 2011, Marvin Harris, Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page vi:
- 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 fifty years ahead. No one can prove you wrong until fifty years go by. […] )
Translations[edit]
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