futurism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfjuːt͡ʃəɹɪzəm/
Etymology
Etymology tree English future Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English futurism From future + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Suffice it to say that Futurism has a gratifying dislike both of Liberal politics and Christian morals; I say gratifying because, however unfortunately the cross and the cap of liberty have quarrelled, they are always united in the feeble hatred of such silly megalomaniacs as these. […
1910, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Futurists”, in Alarms and Discursions:
- (countable, uncountable) The study and prediction of possible futures.
- (Judaism, countable, uncountable) The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future.
- (countable, uncountable) Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| futurisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
techno-futurism · cassette futurism · moral futurism · retro-futurism · Y2K futurism · Africanfuturism · futurist · neofuturism · cubo-futurism · Afrofuturism · retrofuturism
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Translations (27)
tr fütürizm (art movement) · pt futurismo (art movement) · es futurismo (art movement) · no futurisme (art movement) · ru футури́зм (art movement) · sh футуризам (art movement) · ro futurism (art movement) · eo futurismo (art movement) · fr futurisme (art movement) · kk футуризм (art movement) · cs futurismus (art movement) · az futurizm (art movement) · fi futurismi (art movement) · pl futuryzm (art movement) · ja 未来派 (art movement) · el φουτουρισμός (art movement) · sh futurizam (art movement) · gl futurismo (art movement) · cmn 未來主義 /未来主义 (art movement) · ja フューチャリズム (art movement) · is fútúrismi (art movement) · bg футури́зъм (art movement) · ca futurisme (art movement) · it futurismo (art movement) · ga todhchaíochas (art movement) · az gələcəkçilik (art movement) · de Futurismus (art movement)