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Romanticism

//ɹəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.
Noun
  1. 1
    A romantic quality, spirit or action. countable, uncountable

    "Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers."

  2. 2
    impractical romantic ideals and attitudes wordnet
  3. 3
    an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) wordnet
  4. 4
    a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From romantic + -ism.

Etymology 2

From romantic + -ism.

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