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noun fu·tur·ism \ˈfyü-chə-ˌri-zəm\

Definition of futurism

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

Recent Examples of futurism from the Web

House founder André Courrèges championed futurism in his Space Age 1960s heyday, and Meyer and Vaillant took that as their cue.

— nicole phelps, Vogue, "Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant Are Exiting Courrèges," 20 July 2017
Ada Palmer’s Seven Surrenders, the second in the three-part Terra Ignota series, delivers all the imaginative, carnal futurism that make science fiction so enjoyable.

— wired staff, WIRED, "9 Essential Summer Reads—From Sci-Fi to Philosophical Superheroes," 26 May 2017
From Italian Futurism to German Expressionism, many avant-garde artists bristled at bourgeois culture and sought to express something more dangerous and vital.

— ian beacock, New Republic, "How the Nazis Made Art Fascist," 23 May 2017
The over-all effect is that of a charmingly hopeful retro-futurism.

— The New Yorker, "Aki Sasamoto," 21 Apr. 2017
Like most modern futurism, Webb’s advice is directed primarily at an audience of entrepreneurs and executives trying to figure out how to stay ahead of the competition.

— kevin roose, New York Times, "THE SIGNALS ARE TALKING," 29 Dec. 2016
But some bus riders are already experiencing an extra level of futurism by hopping aboard driverless shuttles that cruise through city streets.

— National Geographic, "Watch a Driverless Bus Putter Through the Streets," 29 Mar. 2016
Sébastien is very into technology, futurism and light.

— tara lamont-djite, Harper's BAZAAR, "Brand Watch: Coperni," 7 Apr. 2015
To compliment this mix of classicism and futurism, Peter Philips, the new creative and image director of Dior Makeup, kept the beauty look minimal—with the exception of the eye.

— meg storm, Town & Country, "The Dior Couture Eyeliner Stickers Have Arrived," 1 Dec. 2014

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