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futurism

noun [U]
 
 
/ˈfjuː.tʃər.ɪ.zəm/ US  /-tʃɚ-/

Definition

a new way of thinking in the arts that started in the 1920s and 1930s that tried to express through a range of art forms the characteristics and images of the modern age, such as machines, speed, movement, and powerPhilosophy futurist
 
 
/-ɪst/ adjective, noun [C]
a futurist painterPhilosophy
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