Futurologist vs. Futurist — What's the Difference?

The study or forecasting of potential developments, as in science, technology, and society, using current conditions and trends as a point of departure.

Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present, whether that of human society in particular or of life on Earth in general.

A person who practices futurology.

A belief that the meaning of life and one's personal fulfillment lie in the future and not in the present or past.

An artistic movement originating in Italy around 1910 whose aim was to express the energetic, dynamic, and violent quality of contemporary life, especially as embodied in the motion and force of modern machinery.

(Christianity) A belief that biblical prophecies, especially those contained in the book of Revelation, will be literally fulfilled at some point in the future.

(arts) An adherent to the principles of the artistic movement of futurism.

One who studies and predicts possible futures.

In the style of futurism.

One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant.

One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future.

A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) will be fulfilled in the future

Someone who predicts the future

Of or relating to futurism;