The period of time or events that will come even further ahead, beyond the near future, or a future state resulting from current trajectories.
Compound of 'after' (Old English 'æfter') and 'future' (Latin 'futurus', from 'esse' meaning 'to be'). Creates a temporal concept of extended anticipation.
Science fiction writers love exploring the 'afterfuture'—not just what happens tomorrow or next year, but what develops centuries from now when technologies and cultures have radically transformed.
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