Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

future shock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: fu-ture shock
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And of course, future shock and death-wish encroachment eventually got everyone, especially on advanced planets. Deep down, deep down, we all want to die."
"GPT-4 […] exacerbated the dizzy and vertiginous feeling I’ve been getting whenever I think about A.I. lately. And it has made me wonder whether that feeling will ever fade, or whether we’re going to be experiencing “future shock” — the term coined by the writer Alvin Toffler for the feeling that too much is changing, too quickly — for the rest of our lives."

Etymology

From future + shock. Coined by American writer, futurist and businessman Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does future shock mean?: A sense of being unable to cope with a large amount of societal or technological change that has taken place in a relatively short time.
Where does future shock come from?: From future + shock. Coined by American writer, futurist and businessman Alvin Toffler in his 1970 book Future Shock, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell.

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