FUTUROLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does futurology mean? 

• FUTUROLOGY (noun)
  The noun FUTUROLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

  Familiarity information: FUTUROLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUTUROLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

futuristics; futurology

Hypernyms ("futurology" is a kind of...):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)