futurology

English

Etymology

future +‎ -ology

Noun

futurology (usually uncountable, plural futurologies)

1. The scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society

Synonyms

• future studies

Derived terms

• futurologist

Translations

scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: futurologia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未來學／未来学 (zh) (wèiláixué), 未来学 (zh) (wèiláixué)

• Czech: futurologie f
• Finnish: tulevaisuudentutkimus (fi), futurologia (fi)
• French: futurologie (fr) f
• Galician: futuroloxía f
• German: Futurologie (de) f, Futuristik f, Zukunftsforschung (de) f
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• Greek: μελλοντολογία (el) f (mellontología)
• Icelandic: framtíðarfræði f
• Japanese: 未来学 (miraigaku)
• Kazakh: футурология (futurologiä), болашақтану (bolaşaqtanu)
• Korean: 미래학 (miraehak)
• Portuguese: futurologia (pt) f
• Russian: футуроло́гия (ru) f (futurológija)
• Spanish: futurología (es) f
• Swedish: framtidsstudier, futurologi (sv) c