WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fu′ture shock′,
- Sociologyphysical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- Sociologyany overload of a person's or an organization's capacity for adaptation or decision making.
- popularized by a book of the same title (1970) by Alvin Toffler (blend of, blended 1928), U.south, southern. journalist on the model of culture
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