"futurology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: futurologies [plural]
Etymology: future + -ology Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|future|ology}} future + -ology Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} futurology (usually uncountable, plural futurologies)
  1. The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society Wikipedia link: futurology Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: future studies Derived forms: futurologist Translations (scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society): futurologia [feminine] (Catalan), 未來學 (Chinese Mandarin), 未来学 (wèiláixué) (Chinese Mandarin), futurologie [feminine] (Czech), tulevaisuudentutkimus (Finnish), futurologia (Finnish), futurologie [feminine] (French), futuroloxía [feminine] (Galician), Futurologie [feminine] (German), Futuristik [feminine] (German), Zukunftsforschung [feminine] (German), μελλοντολογία (mellontología) [feminine] (Greek), jövőkutatás (Hungarian), futurológia (Hungarian), framtíðarfræði [feminine] (Icelandic), 未来学 (miraigaku) (Japanese), футурология (futurologiä) (Kazakh), болашақтану (bolaşaqtanu) (Kazakh), 미래학 (miraehak) (alt: 未來學) (Korean), futurologia [feminine] (Portuguese), футуроло́гия (futurológija) [feminine] (Russian), futurología [feminine] (Spanish), framtidsstudier (Swedish), futurologi [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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