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One who studies or forecasts potential developments, as in science, technology, and society, using current conditions and trends as a point of departure.

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  • (He was Duane Elgin, a self-proclaimed psychic and friend of P and T who was then a "futurologist" at Stanford Research Institute.)
  • BECK: Back with inventor and futurologist, Ray Kurzweil.
  • I don't think any sf writer or futurologist predicted this.
  • Being a futurologist means never having to say you're sorry.
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