Main Entry: fu·tur·ism

Pronunciation: \ˈfyü-chə-ˌri-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1909

1 : a movement in art, music, and literature begun in Italy about 1909 and marked especially by an effort to give formal expression to the dynamic energy and movement of mechanical processes
2 : a point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present