单词 | future shock |
释义 | future shocknounphysical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change. any overload of a person's or an organization's capacity for adaptation or decision-making. Origin of future shockOn the model of culture shock; popularized by a book of the same title (1970) by Alvin Toffler (1928–2016), U.S. journalist Words nearby future shockfutureless, future life, future perfect, future-proof, futures, future shock, futures market, future value, futurism, futurist, futuristic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for future shockfuture shock A sense of insecurity and disorientation often felt by people whose societies are undergoing rapid change. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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