futurist

[ fyoo-cher-ist ]

/ ˈfyu tʃər ɪst /

(sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.

Theology. a person who maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse will be fulfilled in the future. Compare presentist, preterist.

Also fu·tur·ol·o·gist. a person whose occupation or specialty is the forecasting of future events, conditions, or developments.

futuristic.

Origin of futurist

From the Italian word futurista, dating back to 1835–45. See future, -ist

The best way to do this, he argues, is through an “adhocracy,” a term he borrows from the writer and futurist Alvin Toffler.

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The Futurist denies the fundamental postulates of the art of painting.

Artist and Public |Kenyon Cox
The settings and scenery were in the style of "futurist" art—weird and highly effective.

They Call Me Carpenter |Upton Sinclair
Of course James went in, and found a futurist painter wrestling with the agent of a collection agency.

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Define: Futurist painting, Free verse, Social morality, in relation to their preceding forms.

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Our collective rig was so cubist or futurist, in general effect, that your vaquero outfit passed with the rest.

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