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romanticism

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ro·man·ti·cism  (r-mnt-szm)
n.
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
Noun
1. idealistic but unrealistic thoughts and feelings
2. Romanticism the spirit and style of the Romantic art, music, and literature of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.romanticismromanticism - 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"
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)
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
Spanish romanticism [rəˈmæntɪsɪzəm] nromanticismo
French romanticism [rəˈmæntɪsɪzəm] nromantisme m
German romanticism [rəˈmæntɪsɪzəm] romantic n (also Art, Liter) → Romantik f
Italian romanticism [rəˈmæntɪsɪzəm] nromanticismo

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It follows them from an earlier date and could not easily be changed, and it may serve to recall to an elder generation than this the time when their author was breaking so many lances in the great, forgotten war between Realism and Romanticism that the floor of the "Editor's Study" in Harper's Magazine was strewn with the embattled splinters.
Romanticism, which has helped to fill some dull blanks with love and knowledge, had not yet penetrated the times with its leaven and entered into everybody's food; it was fermenting still as a distinguishable vigorous enthusiasm in certain long-haired German artists at Rome, and the youth of other nations who worked or idled near them were sometimes caught in the spreading movement.
You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.
 
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