futurism

[ fyoo-chuh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. (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.
2. (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.

futurism

/ ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˈfuturist, nounadjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of futurism¹

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

Example Sentences

The computer-arts venue is near the city’s prime blossom-viewing area, whose pink-dotted trees tie Washington to Japan, land of futurism as much as tradition.

From Washington Post

In short episodes, Montoya introduces his listeners to the idea of Indigenous Futurism, an artistic and creative movement that brings Indigenous frameworks of thought to science fiction and similar genres.

From Outside Online

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Amazing new 3D graphics, floating mid-air, helped the music's vintage futurism feel current.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

There may be a science of Futurism in which the "force-lines" of a horse or a motor car may be part of a useful diagram.

From Project Gutenberg

Into this reticence pieces of futurism, Omega cushions and Van-Gogh-like pictures exploded their colours.

From Project Gutenberg

The difference between Pastism and Futurism is the difference between statics and dynamics.

From Project Gutenberg

Signor Marinetti, who coined the hideous word, "Futurism," goes still further.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sci-fi
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