FICINT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of fiction writing as a way to predict plausible future scenarios that may assist military intelligence.

Word forms

FICINT

Etymology

Coined by author and futurist August Cole, from fictional intelligence, modelled on similar terms in espionage such as SIGINT.

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