futurism

noun

fu·​tur·​ism ˈfyü-chə-ˌri-zəm 

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

Examples of futurism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mix it all up — tailored sober jackets with shimmery eveningwear fabrics; menswear silhouettes with classically feminine touches and treatments all blended together; retro and futurism. —Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025

Sam Altman has openly predicted that the first one-person billion-dollar company is on the horizon, and after the recent GPT-5 reveal, that prediction feels less like futurism and more like a weather forecast. —Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025

Fallout stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Aaron Moten (Emancipation), Walton Goggins (The White Lotus) and Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as survivors wandering the landscape of a retro-futurism post-apocalyptic America. —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025

The production design, by Andy Nicholson and Jason Knox-Johnston, is superb, effectively recreating the industrial retro-futurism of the original film. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for futurism

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