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FUTURISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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.)
Derivation:
futurist (someone who predicts the future)
futurist (a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future)
futuristic (of or relating to futurism)
Sense 2
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)
Derivation:
futuristic (of or relating to futurism)
