futurism: Meaning and Definition of

fu•tur•ism

Pronunciation: (fy'chu-riz"um), [key]
— n.
  1. (sometimes cap.) 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 cap.) 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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