different between futurism vs absurdism

English

Etymology

From future +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?t?????z?m/

Noun

futurism (countable and uncountable, plural futurisms)

1. (art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
2. The study and prediction of possible futures.

   Synonym: futurology

3. (Judaism) The Jewish expectation of the messiah in the future rather than recognizing him in the presence of Christ.
4. (Christianity) Eschatological interpretations associating some Biblical prophecies with future events yet to be fulfilled, including the Second Coming.

Derived terms

• Afrofuturism
• futurist

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See also

• historicism
• preterism

Romanian

Etymology

From French futurisme

Noun

futurism n (uncountable)

1. futurism

Declension

English

Etymology

absurd +? -ism (“doctrine, theory”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?s??d??z.m?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?d??z.m?/, /?b?s?d??z.m?/, /æb?z?d??z.m?/, /?b?z?d??z.m?/

Noun

absurdism (usually uncountable, plural absurdisms)

1. (uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
2. (countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd

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