Definitions for futurismˈfyu tʃəˌrɪz əm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fu•tur•ismˈfyu tʃəˌrɪz əm(n.)
(sometimes cap.) a movement in the fine arts attempting to give artistic form to the dynamism and speed of industrial technology.
Category: Fine Arts
Origin of futurism:
1905–10; < It futurismo
Princeton's WordNet
futurism(noun)
an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
futurism(noun)
the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
Wiktionary
futurism(Noun)
An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions; (originated by F.T. Marinetti, among others).
futurism(Noun)
The study and prediction of possible futures.
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