futurologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

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"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. […])"

Etymology tree English futurology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English futurologist From futurology + -ist.

futurologists (plural)

futurist

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What does futurologist mean?

A person who practices futurology.

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