Definition of Futurologist

1. Noun. A person who practices futurology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Futurologist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Futurologist

futurist
futuristic
futuristically
futuristics
futurists
futuritial
futurities
futurition
futurity
futurize
futurized
futurizes
futurizing
futurological
futurologies
futurologist (current term)
futurologists
futurology
futzed
futzes
futzing
fuze
fuzed
fuzee
fuzees
fuzes
fuzil
fuzils
fuzing

Literary usage of Futurologist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mobilisation: The Growing Public Interest in Mobile Technology by James Harkin (2003)
"... Ian Pearson, futurologist at BT Labs; Howard Rheingold, writer and futurologist; Chad Wollen, technology consultant at Yahoo UK; James Woudhuysen, ..."

2. The Nature of Landscape: A Personal Quest by Han Lorzing (2001)
"Ask any futurologist who dared to describe the once magical year 2000 from the perspective of, say, the 1960s. The future will never be what it has been ..."

3. Frame and Generic Spaceby Bernard Leupen by Bernard Leupen (2006)
"The average lifespan of a house is somewhere around 100 years - a length of time too daunting for even the most enthusiastic futurologist. ..."

4. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2005)
"... or under a beach umbrella on a tropical island. And it should deliver the news at prices that compare with paper. The most devout news futurologist is ..."

5. The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of by Jacques Vallee (2003)
"... at SRI in getting Engelbart's early ideas funded by the Air Force) and Olaf Helmer, a futurologist who had invented a method for integrating the opinion ..."

6. Eternal Youths: How the Baby Boomers are Having Their Time Again by James Harkin, Julia Huber (2004)
"9 In America, the ubiquitous futurologist and trend spotter Faith Popcorn has recently argued that male vanity — what she calls ‘manity' — will be one of ..."

7. London Calling: How Mobile Technologies Can Transform a City by Helen McCarthy, Paul Miller (2003)
"... but only Phillips, Sony and Apple seem to really understand that they can charge a high premium for things being easy. Telecoms futurologist ..."

8. Mediapolis: popular Culture and the Cityby Alex de Jong, Marc Schuilenburg by Alex de Jong, Marc Schuilenburg (2006)
"The term 'techno' is first used in The Third Wave, a book by the American futurologist Alvin Toffler. Applying the term 'techno-sphere' he describes the ..."

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