futurism

English

Etymology

From future +‎ -ism.

Noun

futurism (countable and uncountable, plural futurisms)

1. (art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
2. The study and prediction of possible futures.

   Synonym: futurology

3. (Judaism) The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future rather than recognizing him in the presence of Christ.
4. (Christianity) Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.

Derived terms

• futurist

Translations

art movement

• Catalan: futurisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未來主義／未来主义 (wèiláizhǔyì), 未来主义 (zh) (wèiláizhǔyì)

• Czech: futurismus m
• Finnish: futurismi (fi)
• French: futurisme (fr) m
• German: Futurismus (de) m
• Greek: φουτουρισμός (el) m (foutourismós)
• Italian: futurismo (it) m
• Japanese: 未来派 (みらいは, miraiha), フューチャリズム (fyūcharizumu)
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• Norwegian: futurisme m
• Polish: futuryzm (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: futurismo (pt)
• Romanian: futurism (ro) n
• Russian: футури́зм (ru) m (futurízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillc: футуризам m

  Roman: futurizam (sh) m

• Spanish: futurismo (es) m

study of possible futures — see futurology

See also

• historicism
• preterism