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Definition of Romanticism

1. Noun. Impractical romantic ideals and attitudes.

2. Noun. A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization. "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

3. Noun. An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure).

Definition of Romanticism

1. n. A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi&?;val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.

Definition of Romanticism

1. Proper noun. 18th Century artistic and intellectual movement which stressed emotion, freedom and individual imagination. ¹

2. Noun. A romantic quality, spirit or action ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Romanticism

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Medical Definition of Romanticism

1. A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medival forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style. "He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism." (Lowell) Origin: CF. It. Romanticismo, F. Romantisme, romanticisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Romanticism

romano romanos romansch romant romantic romantic realism romantical romantically romanticisation romanticisations

romanticise romanticised romanticises romanticising romanticism (current term) romanticisms romanticist romanticistic romanticists romanticizable

romanticization romanticizations romanticize romanticized romanticizes romanticizing romanticly romanticness romantics

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