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What does futurism mean?

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Noun
  1. 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; (originated by F.T. Marinetti, among others).
  2. The study and prediction of possible futures.
  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.
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I had, admittedly, written a book with Watts Wacker on the future, but I neither knew that futurism was a discipline, nor that I was a futurist.
It changes back, the boogie boogies and the whole experience sounds like a bar room hoedown between classicism and futurism.
He makes a good point about sci-fi's wrong futurism at the start.
I can only presume that even when it comes to NASA they think the public prefers nostalgic futurism to Ridley Scott.
Rampant futurism used to be an integral feature of theme parks, often sponsored by industry giants as a means of promoting their products.
The art of painting the sensation of flying, aeropittura, came to dominate 1930s futurism, but is still little known here.

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