The word passatismo stems from passato, meaning past and as a derogatory term, passéist, was first used publicly in the Futurist manifesto Against Passéist Venice on 27 April 1910. It was used to label anything, everything and anyone the Futurists wished to abolish - museums, libraries, academies, and so on.. In War, the Only Hygeine of the World (1915) Marinetti defined passéism as a "state of mind which is passive, traditional, professional, pessimistic, pacifist, nostalgic, decorative and aesthetic".
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Passatismo (Passéism)