Thesaurus: romanticism

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1. n. A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
2. n. a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
3. n. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
4. n. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
5. A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo- classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism. Lowell.
6. A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; --applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought torevive certain mediHe [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founderof romanticism. Lowell.
7. n:100 n. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes n. a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization n. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)