Speculative may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Speculative art (disambiguation) Speculative fiction, which includes elements created out of human imagination, such as the science fiction and fantasy genres Speculative Fiction Group, a Persian literature group whose website which is named Fantasy Academy Speculative poetry, a genre of poetry that focuses on fantastic, science fictional and mythological themes Speculative screenplay, or spec script, a non-commissioned, unsolicited screenplay The Speculative Society, a Scottish Enlightenment society dedicated to public speaking and literary composition, founded in 1764
In computing Speculative execution, in computer systems is doing work, the result of which may not be needed. This performance optimization technique is used in pipelined processors and other systems Speculative multithreading, a dynamic parallelization technique that depends on out-of-order execution to achieve speedup on multiprocessor CPUs. It is a kind of speculative execution that occurs at the thread level as opposed to the instruction level
In economics Speculation, the practice of engaging in risky transactions in an attempt to profit from fluctuations in market value Speculative attack, denoting precipitous acquisition of assets by previously inactive speculators Speculative demand, a demand for financial assets that is not dictated by real transactions such as trade or financing Speculative development, in real estate Speculative grade, a grade of bond below investment grade, having higher risk, but typically pay higher yield than better quality bonds Economic bubble, when assets trade at a price that far exceeds an asset's intrinsic value due to speculation
In linguistics Speculative mood, a grammatical mood found in some languages Speculative grammarians, members of a school of grammarian philosophy known as Modism, active in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries Speculative Grammarian, a parody science journal
In philosophy Speculative philosophy, an aspect of Continental philosophy Speculative realism, a movement in contemporary philosophy Speculative reason, theoretical as opposed to practical thought
Other uses Speculative damages, in law, damages claimed by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future Speculative fire, a military tactic of firing to draw enemy fire and confirm the enemy's presence Speculative mason, in Freemasonry Speculative Period, defined in terms of archaeological methods employed in North America between 1492 and 1840
See also Speculation (disambiguation)