Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superforecaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-fore-cast-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who consistently makes predictions at significantly better than chance accuracy.

Example Sentences

"On average, when a forecaster did well enough in year 1 to become a superforecaster, and was put on a superforecaster team in year 2, that person became 50% more accurate."
"An important lesson taught by the gaming approach to warfare is that the superforecaster must be always open to 'unknown unknowns', to use the decision-theoretic jargon popularized by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during the Iraq war."
"The superforecasters turned out to outperform the other contestants by a substantial margin in the second and third years of the tournament, that is, they were not just lucky."

Etymology

From super + forecaster.

Inflected Forms

superforecasters (plural)

Questions

What does superforecaster mean?: One who consistently makes predictions at significantly better than chance accuracy.
Where does superforecaster come from?: From super + forecaster.

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