future shock
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future shock
(by analogy with the term CULTURE SHOCK) the shock provided by the ‘perception’ of future possibilities in a world that is changing at an ever-increasing rate and in a way that disrupts people's perspectives and tends to bring confusion. The term was coined by Alvin Toffler (1970).Collins Dictionary of Sociology, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2000