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romanticist

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.romanticist - someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
2.romanticist - an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
classicist - an artistic person who adheres to classicism
Adj.1.romanticist - belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
Translations
romanticist [rəʊˈmæntɪsɪst] N he's a bit of a romanticistes un romántico
romanticist
n (Art, Liter, Mus: also Romanticist) → Romantiker(in) m(f)


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Critics of literary history have again [96] and again remarked upon it; it is a characteristic which reveals itself in many different forms, but is strongest and most sympathetic in what is strongest and most serious in modern literature; it is exemplified by writers as unlike Wordsworth as the French romanticist poets.
Idealist and romanticist that I was and always had been in spite of my analytical nature, yet I had failed till now in grasping much of the physical characteristics of love.
"I am quite sure, Prince," she said, "that you are a romanticist.
 
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