American Romantism

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1. often Romanticism An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature, emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination, departure from the attitudes and forms of classicism, and rebellion against established social rules and conventions.

2. Romantic quality or spirit in thought, expression, or action.

ro·manti·cist n.

romanticism [rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm]

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Music / Classical Music) (often capital) the theory, practice, and style of the romantic art, music, and literature of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, usually opposed to classicism

2. romantic attitudes, ideals, or qualities

romanticist n

Romanticism

the reflection, in art, of a late 18th-century literary and philosophical movement in reaction against the intellectuality and rationality of Neo-Classicism. It produced no single artistic style or characteristic but strongly influenced the ideals of imagination, emotion, and the freedom of expression in other media. — Romanticist, n.

See also: Art

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Noun	1.	romanticism - impractical romantic ideals and attitudes idealism - impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
	2.	Romanticism - 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" Romantic Movement artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences" classicalism, classicism - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
	3.	romanticism - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) romance quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare stardust - a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality

Translations

romanticism [rəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm] N → romanticismo m

romanticism Romanticism [rəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm] n → romantisme m

romanticism

n (Art, Liter, Mus: also Romanticism) → Romantik f; his romanticism → sein romantisches Wesen

romanticism [rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪz/əm] n (Art) → romanticismo

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