futurism
noun
fu·tur·ism
ˈfyü-chə-ˌri-zəm 
1
: a movement in art, music, and literature begun in Italy about 1909 and marked especially by an effort to give formal expression to the dynamic energy and movement of mechanical processes
2
: a point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present
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But unlike that soft cream palette, Wednesday’s look leaned into Demna’s darker futurism, drawing a direct line between bridal elegance and Balenciaga’s sharpened edge.
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
The collections explored themes of tradition, identity, futurism and personal transformation.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Her work centers ancestral wisdom, healing, and Indigenous futurisms.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Also, just the world feels so different with the 1960s retro futurism going on.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 9 July 2025
The collections explored themes of tradition, identity, futurism and personal transformation.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 June 2025
Her work centers ancestral wisdom, healing, and Indigenous futurisms.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Also, just the world feels so different with the 1960s retro futurism going on.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for futurism
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“Futurism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/futurism. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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