Futurism was a modern artistic and literary movement in the early twentieth century.
futurism in British English
(ˈfjuːtʃəˌrɪzəm)
noun
an artistic movement that arose in Italy in 1909 to replace traditional aesthetic values with the characteristics of the machine age
Derived forms
futurist (ˈfuturist)
noun, adjective
futurism in American English
(ˈfjutʃərˌɪzəm)
noun
[oftenF-]
a movement in the arts, originated by Italian painters shortly before WWI: they opposed traditionalism and sought to depict dynamic movement by eliminating conventional form and by stressing the speed, flux, and violence of the machine age