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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A third strand, Might Futurism, deems the future a realm of vast uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
As Futurism reported last month, the renamed X is rapidly losing users to competitors like Threads and Bluesky.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
“Future Imaginaries: Indigenous Art, Fashion, Technology” includes more than 50 artworks that explore the rise of Futurism in contemporary Indigenous art as a means of enduring ongoing colonial trauma.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
Yes, that fierce Italian existed; he was Filippo Marinetti, the founder of Futurism, and later a fascist.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024
In one case this movement may be called Futurism, and in another it may be termed Romanticism, but the tendency is the same.
From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur
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