futurism

/'fju:tʃərizm/

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Futurism celebrated the speed and dynamism of modern technology.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An artistic movement: An early 20th-century art movement, originating in Italy around 1910, that celebrated and sought to express the dynamism, speed, energy, and power of the machine age and modern urban life.
   • A philosophical or ideological position: A belief or attitude that emphasizes the future, often involving the anticipation of future trends and the rejection of the past.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Artistic Movement):
  • The painting's sharp angles and sense of motion are clear examples of futurism.
  • Italian futurism glorified technology, war, and the industrial city.
• Noun (Philosophical Position):
  • His futurism led him to invest heavily in renewable energy technologies.
  • The think tank's report was criticized for its uncritical futurism and lack of historical perspective.

Advanced Usage

• "technological futurism": A focus on or belief in the transformative power of future technology.
  • The conference was a hub for discussions on technological futurism and AI ethics.

Variants and Related Words

• Futurist (noun): A person who studies or predicts future trends, especially in technology or society; also, an adherent or practitioner of the Futurist art movement.
  • She works as a futurist for a major tech company.
  • The futurist published a manifesto on the beauty of speed.
• Futuristic (adjective): Having or involving very modern technology or design; of or relating to the future.
  • The building has a futuristic design.
• Futurism is distinct from science fiction, which is a genre of fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances.

Synonyms

• Forward-lookingness (for the philosophical sense).
• Modernism (a broader contemporary art movement; shares some themes with Futurism but is not synonymous).

Related Idioms or Phrases

• While not a direct idiom, the concept is often invoked in phrases like "a futurist vision" or "futurist thinking," which describe an outlook focused on anticipating and shaping the future.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
2. an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age