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future shock definition

☆ future shock

the inability to cope with the rapid and myriad changes of modern society, or the distress resulting from this

Etymology: after the book Future Shock (1970) by A. Toffler

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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