futurism
[ fyoo-chuh-riz-uh m ]
/ ˈfyu tʃəˌrɪz əm /
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.
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futurism
/ (ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm) /
noun
an artistic movement that arose in Italy in 1909 to replace traditional aesthetic values with the characteristics of the machine age
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futurism
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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