futurist
noun
fu·tur·ist
ˈfyü-chə-rist 
1
: one who studies and predicts the future especially on the basis of current trends
2
: one who advocates or practices futurism
futurist
adjective
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economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy
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Timbaland cut his teeth imagining new sonic worlds for the rap futurist Missy Elliott and the late R&B sylph Aaliyah.
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Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
Musk, on the other hand, is a 53-year-old futurist who strives to make humans a multi-planetary species and has made a fortune from innovation and technological disruption.
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Patrice Williams-Lindo, CEO of Career Nomad and a workforce futurist who has coached thousands of professionals through workplace tensions and burnout, told Newsweek the incident is about far more than vacation policy.
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Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
Musk, on the other hand, is a 53-year-old futurist who strives to make humans a multi-planetary species and has made a fortune from innovation and technological disruption.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 June 2025
This column serves as the script for the news segment of my weekly AI/XR Podcast, co-hosted by former Paramount futurist and co-founder of Red Camera, and Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap, Mako Robotics, and Synthbee AI.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Patrice Williams-Lindo, CEO of Career Nomad and a workforce futurist who has coached thousands of professionals through workplace tensions and burnout, told Newsweek the incident is about far more than vacation policy.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
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“Futurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/futurist. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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futurist
noun
fu·tur·ist
ˈfyü-chə-rəst
: a person who tries to tell what the future will be like by studying current trends
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