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futurism definition

fu·tur·ism (fyo̵̅o̅′c̸hər iz′əm)

noun

a movement in the arts, originated by Italian painters shortly before WWI: they opposed traditionalism and sought to depict dynamic movement by eliminating conventional form and by stressing the speed, flux, and violence of the machine age

Etymology: It futurismo < futuro, future

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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