romanticism (n.)

  1. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

  2. 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

    [ Syn: romanticism , romanticism , romantic movement , romantic movement ]

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

    [ Syn: romance ]

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