futurism
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
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(often initial capital letter) a style of art, literature, music, etc., and a theory of art and life in which violence, power, speed, mechanization or machines, and hostility to the past or to traditional forms of expression were advocated or portrayed.
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Origin of futurism
From the Italian word futurismo, dating back to 1905–10. See future, -ism
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She has received numerous grants for her artwork, community organizing, and for the Black Quantum Futurism collective she co-founded with Rasheedah Phillips.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
He labels one segment of the industry Could Futurism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
He tried to frame this as a positive thing, with vague claims to believe in "the teachings of Jesus," but as Victor Tangermann of Futurism pointed out, this is ridiculous.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
Yes, that fierce Italian existed; he was Filippo Marinetti, the founder of Futurism, and later a fascist.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024
The French know enough of Vorticism to know that it is a provincial and utterly insignificant contrivance which has borrowed what it could from Cubism and Futurism and added nothing to either.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
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