FUTURISM
Dictionary entry overview: What does futurism mean? • FUTURISM (noun)
The noun FUTURISM has 2 senses:
1. an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
2. the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
Familiarity information: FUTURISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FUTURISM (noun)
Meaning:
An artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("futurism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Meaning:
The position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("futurism" is a kind of...):
perspective; position; view (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.)
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