futurism

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noun

(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.
(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.

Origin of futurism

From the Italian word futurismo, dating back to 1905–10. See future, -ism

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Examples from the Web for futurism

Contemporary Examples

Futurism became less about predicting the future than pandering to those who sought to maintain an expired past.
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Jacob Silverman
March 26, 2013
But futurism and policy stuff was almost absent from her speech.
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Peter Jukes
August 24, 2012
Models walked through water in structural and sheer garments, evoking both an early tribalism and futurism.
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The Daily Beast Video
February 11, 2010

Historical Examples

This writer begins by expressing his objections to the "principle of Futurism."
Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry
T. S. Eliot
It may be urged that Blast does not represent Futurism, but Vorticism.
The Book of This and That
Robert Lynd
Surely here is the home of Post Impressionism and of Futurism.
The Luck of Thirteen
Jan Gordon
Then the writer reverted to art again and published a book on Cubism and one on Cubism and Futurism.
Idling in Italy
Joseph Collins
Any theory of a disruptive, hurly-burly aspect is grist to the mill of Futurism.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920
Various

British Dictionary definitions for futurism

futurism

noun

an artistic movement that arose in Italy in 1909 to replace traditional aesthetic values with the characteristics of the machine age

Derived Formsfuturist, noun, adjective

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Word Origin and History for futurism

n.

1909, from Italian futurismo, coined 1909 by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944); see future + -ism. Futurist is attested from 1842, originally theological.

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Examples from the Web for futurism

Contemporary Examples

Futurism became less about predicting the future than pandering to those who sought to maintain an expired past.

But futurism and policy stuff was almost absent from her speech.

Models walked through water in structural and sheer garments, evoking both an early tribalism and futurism.

Historical Examples

This writer begins by expressing his objections to the "principle of Futurism."

It may be urged that Blast does not represent Futurism, but Vorticism.

Surely here is the home of Post Impressionism and of Futurism.

Then the writer reverted to art again and published a book on Cubism and one on Cubism and Futurism.

Any theory of a disruptive, hurly-burly aspect is grist to the mill of Futurism.

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Word Origin and History for futurism

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Origin of futurism