Futurism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Futurism \Fu"tur*ism\, n. (Painting)
     1. A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see,
        below).
        [PJC]
  
     2. A point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the


        future rather than in the past or present. The philosophy
        of a {futurist}. --MW10
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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