futurism
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
Converse of object
- marry: This kind of strident and violent language was one of the ingredients which was eventually, to marry Italian Futurism with Fascism.
Adjective modifier
- Italian: This kind of strident and violent language was one of the ingredients which was eventually, to marry Italian Futurism with Fascism.
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Modifies a noun
- characteristic: This module resists presenting a technological roadmap or adhering to the speculative futurism characteristic of many extant approaches.
It is from Italy that we launch through the world this violently upsetting incendiary manifesto of ours.With it, today, we establish Futurism, because we want to free this land from its smelly gangrene of professors, archaeologists, ciceroni and antiquarians. For too long has Italy beena dealer insecond-hand clothes.Wemean to free her from the numberless museums that cover her like so many graveyards. 550
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