neofuturism
neofuturism noun: an artistic movement in the late 20th and early 21st century that was more optimistic in tone than postmodernism.
Noun
neofuturism (uncountable)
- An artistic movement in the late 20th and early 21st century that was more optimistic in tone than postmodernism.
- The avant-garde (with the prefix "post," naturally) is represented primarily by conceptualism (there have also been attempts at neofuturism, but their prospects are dim).1992, Russian Studies in Literature, volume 29, page 91
- Indeed we changed it to neofuturism and so forth, but in fact that was not it.1998, Stephen C. Foster, The Eastern Dada Orbit, →ISBN, page 116
Forms of neofuturism
| alternative form | neo-futurism |
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Origin of neofuturism
From neo- + future + -ism or neo- + futurism.
Questions about neofuturism
- What does neofuturism mean?
- Neofuturism means an artistic movement in the late 20th and early 21st century that was more optimistic in tone than postmodernism.
- What part of speech is neofuturism?
- Neofuturism is a noun.
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