romanticism

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. Source: opted

2. n. a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization Source: wordnet

3. n. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes Source: wordnet

4. n. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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) Source: ecdict

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