The Dictionary of Foresight Project attempts to authoritatively define and explain terms used in exploring the future.
It begins with the glossary from Futuring: The Exploration of the Future. An international Board of Editors is currently being assemble from the Professional Membership of the World Future Society.
Your comments about terms and suggestions for additional terms are welcome.
- backcasting
- bellwether
- brainstorming
- butterfly effect
- chaos
- cross-impact analysis
- cycle
- Delphi technique
- Malthusian
- discontinuity
- discounting the future
- dystopia
- expert forecasting
- fatalism
- force
- forecast
- forecast, self-fulfilling
- forecast, self-negating
- forecasting, judgmental
- forecasting, technological
- foresight
- future (adjective)
- future (noun)
- future (verb)
- future shock
- future(s) studies
- future, alternative
- futures
- futures research
- futurible
- futurics
- futuring
- futurism
- futurist
- futurize
- game
- gaming
- heuristic
- holistic
- ideation
- image
- indicator
- indicator, leading
- indicator, social
- lead time
- linear
- model
- model, mathematical
- modeling
- modeling, global
- monitoring
- morphological analysis
- nonlinear
- planning
- precursor (adjective)
- precursor (noun)
- prediction
- proactive
- prognostics
- progressionism
- projection
- quality of life
- reductionism
- relevance tree
- risk assessment
- scanning
- scenario
- simulation
- singularity
- social experiment
- stage
- synergy.
- systems theory
- thought experiment
- threshold
- time frame
- time horizon
- utopia
- visioning
- wild card
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suggesting new terms
Your Glossary could be further humanized,thus:
Dignifiers (people who act dignifyingly and who can help improve
relational dignity -- dignifying interpersonal relations especially
in educational contexts).Also add the term Communicative Dignity.To know
more about it,google the term.
Peace Linguistics (google the term). In the near future,futurists-to-
be will be given opportunities to incorporate principles and practices
of Peace Linguistics to their professional preparation