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Futurism

Definition: Futurism

Futurism

Noun

1. An artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "futurism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1930. (references)


Crosswords: Futurism

English words defined with "futurism": futurist, futuristicMayakovskiVladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovski. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Futurism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (futurism), Swedish (futurism).

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Specialty Definition: Futurism

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

There are two commonly-used meanings of Futurism, both of which are linked below.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Futurism."

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Commercial Usage: Futurism

DomainTitle

Books

  • Action Art: A Bibliography of Artists' Performance from Futurism to Fluxus and Beyond (Art Reference Collection) (reference)

  • Futurism (reference)

  • Futurism and Photography (reference)

  • Futurism and Politics: Between Anarchist Rebellion and Fascist Reaction, 1909-1944 (reference)

  • Ideas About the Future: A History of Futurism, 1794-1982 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Futurism

Illustrations:
Futurism

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Usage Frequency: Futurism

"Futurism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.97% of the time. "Futurism" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)96.97%3261,292
Noun (proper)3.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%33N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Futurism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

futurism

233

art futurism

9

art futurism in

4

art futurism handle

3

art futurism worm

2

futurism italian

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Futurism

Language Translations for "futurism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

futurizëm. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المستقبلية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

футуризъм. (various references)

   

Czech

  

futurismus. (various references)

   

French

  

futurisme. (various references)

   

German

  

futurismus. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φουτουρισμόσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

futurizmus. (various references)

   

Italian

  

futurismo, futulit . (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

未来派 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みらいは. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uturismfay

   

Romanian

  

futurism. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

футуризм. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

futurizam. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

futurism. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

fütürizm, gelecekçilik. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

футуризм. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thuyết vị lai. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Futurism

Derivations

Words beginning with "futurism": futurisms. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Futurism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auteurism, Fudauri, furudism, futurize. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Futurism"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "futurism" (pronounced fyuw"kheri'zum)
6-kh er i' z u madventurism, amateurism.
5-er i' z u maphorism, barbarism, boosterism, consumerism, counterterrorism, mannerism, mesmerism, militarism, monetarism, plagiarism, secularism, terrorism, voluntarism.
4-i' z u mabolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, bilingualism, bolshevism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, corporatism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, volunteerism, voyeurism.
3-z u mbosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Futurism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-i-m-r-s-t-u-u"

-1 letter: frustum.

-2 letters: fruits, muftis, truism.

-3 letters: firms, first, frits, fruit, mufti, rifts, strum, trims, turfs.

-4 letters: firm, firs, fist, fits, frit, furs, mirs, mist, must, muts, rifs, rift, rims, rums, rust, ruts, sift, smit, smut, stir, stum, suit, surf, trim, tuis, turf, urus.

-5 letters: fir, fit, fur, ifs, ism, its, mir, mis, mus, mut, rif.

 Words containing the letters "f-i-m-r-s-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: futurisms.

 

+3 letters: mistrustful.

 

+4 letters: multifarious.

 

+5 letters: mistrustfully.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Futurism


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 75 74 75 72 69 73 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    ..-    -    ..-    .-.    ..    ...    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01110101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101001 01110011 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#117 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#105 &#115 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0075 0074 0075 0072 0069 0073 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4087868784758579

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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