Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age;
2.
the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Futurism \Fu"tur*ism\, n. (Painting)
1. A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see,
below).
[PJC]
2. A point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the
future rather than in the past or present. The philosophy
of a futurist. --MW10
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
futurism
n 1: an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to
express the energy and values of the machine age
2: the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the
future