futurologist

English

Etymology

From futurology +‎ -ist.

Noun

futurologist (plural futurologists)

1. A person who practices futurology.

   Synonym: futurist

   • 2011, Marvin Harris, Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life‎, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page vi:

     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. […] )

Translations

person

Esperanto: futurologo Finnish: tulevaisuudentutkija (fi), futurologi French: futurologue (fr) m or f German: Futurologe (de) m, Futurologin (de) f Greek: μελλοντολόγος (el) m (mellontológos) Italian: futurologo m, futurologa f Polish: futurolog (pl) m Portuguese: futurólogo m, futurólogo f, futurologista m or f Russian: футуро́лог (ru) m (futurólog) Spanish: futurólogo (es) m, futuróloga (es) f Swedish: framtidsforskare (sv) c