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Futurism n. (Painting)

A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below).

A point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present. The philosophy of a futurist.

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Etymology of 'Futurism'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Futurism" Quotes from Famous Books

... perhaps be added that the first illustrations, reproduced in Gerard's edition as curiosities, are such in the highest degree. They are ushered with an ironic Preface: and they sometimes make one rub one's eyes and wonder whether Futurism and Cubism are not, like so many other things, ...

— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury

... morality, that it must take a sharp turn that will be a sensational turn. No evolution into Catholicism will have that moral effect. Christianity is the religion of repentance; it stands against modern fatalism and pessimistic futurism mainly in saying that a man can go back. If we do decidedly go back it will show that religion is alive. For the rest, I do not say much about the details of continuity and succession, because the truth is they did not much affect me. What I see is that we cannot ...

— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... complaints, and be a "man about the place," should a man be required. A happy home, a comfortable home, that is a wife's creation. But she can't create the proper atmosphere merely by being an expert on Futurism in music, nor by possessing a back which it would be a crime of fashion not to lay bare. She has got to know the business side of housekeeping and home economics before an indifferent husband can be turned into a good one. You ...

— Over the Fireside with Silent Friends • Richard King

... golden evening, fit for October, and I was watching (with regret) a lot of little black pigs being turned out of my garden, when the postman handed to me, with a perfunctory haste which doubtless masked his emotion, the Declaration of Futurism. If you ask me what Futurism is, I cannot tell you; even the Futurists themselves seem a little doubtful; perhaps they are waiting for the future to find out. But if you ask me what its Declaration is, I answer eagerly; for ...

— Alarms and Discursions • G. K. Chesterton

Words linked to "Futurism" : art movement, futuristic, position