Meaning

noun an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age

noun the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future

originEtymology tree English future Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English futurism From future + -ism.

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