futurism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
The study and prediction of possible futures.
The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future.
Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.

/ˈfjuːt͡ʃəɹɪzəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-futurism.wav

futurism futurisms

From future + -ism.

futurology

historicism preterism

Africanfuturism Afrofuturism cubo-futurism futurist moral futurism neofuturism retro-futurism retrofuturism techno-futurism

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