futurism
Americannoun
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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.
noun
Other Word Forms
- futurist noun
Etymology
Origin of futurism
From the Italian word futurismo, dating back to 1905–10. See future, -ism
Vocabulary lists containing futurism
Example Sentences
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In “Could Should Might Don’t,” Mr. Foster trains a skeptical eye on the futurism industry, of which he has been a part for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The medievalism of castlecore offers people, especially women, a way to critique this tech-bro futurism without directly engaging the politics of the moment, which not everyone wants to do, especially on social media.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
It swings from one extreme to another, matching Coppola’s grandiose gestures toward futurism, ancient history, symbolism, theatrical performance — and, at the heart of it all, love.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
Her style, which she described as “clear painting,” looks backward to mannerism and forward to futurism and has a high-gloss sheen to it, like the chrome plating of a motorcar.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
We have seen the latest freak of futurism preferred to The Lotus Eaters, and the first Légende des Siècles rejected as unreadable.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund
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