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futurism

futurism

1 7.9
Belief that life should focus on the future rather than the past or present
  • noun
  • /ˈfjuːtʃərɪzəm/
: futurismo
  • Many educators believe that teaching futurism can help students prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.

And that future is one of maybe curiosity and looking forward and futurism and technology.

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Examples

  • A curriculum of futurism in vocational education must be given ample consideration.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And that future is one of maybe curiosity and looking forward and futurism and technology.

  • And the whole idea of like progress and, and futurism in a lot of thinkers is based on the idea of actually destroying the past.

  • I think those albums had a real like air of almost futurism about them, which you just didn't see from most of the bands.

  • One, and you've talked a lot about futurism and considering our potential descendants behaviour as we move forward.

  • Futurism in vocational education will stress a quality curriculum to assist each student in attaining optimally.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In discussions about art, futurism is often described as an approach that prioritizes future possibilities over past traditions.

  • The concept of futurism encourages people to focus on innovations that could improve society in the years to come.

Antonyms

80 5.3

A warm, slightly sad feeling for a time in the past

Valuing old customs and ways, especially in religion and culture

Compounds

cubo-futurism
  • Specialized
1 9.9

An early 20th century Russian art movement mixing Cubism and Futurism in painting and sculpture

How Future-Oriented

futurism
1 7.9
outlook
152 3.5
conservatism
84 4.9

Surface Forms

futurism singular
futurisms plural

Morphology

futurism = future (transparent) = future + ism

The suffix '-ism' is commonly used to denote a belief or ideology, making the transformation clear.

Etymology

Futurism comes from the word future meaning 'what will be' and the ending -ism meaning 'belief or system'. So futurism is the idea or attitude that the future matters most, rather than the past or present.