ROMANTICISM

romanticism

(noun) impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

romanticism, romance

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

Romanticism, Romantic Movement

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

romanticism (countable and uncountable, plural romanticisms)

A romantic quality, spirit or action.

Etymology

Proper noun

Romanticism

(arts, music) An artistic and intellectual movement, stressing emotion, freedom and individual imagination, that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century.

Source: Wiktionary

Ro*man"ti*cism, n. Etym: [CF. It. romanticismo, F. romantisme, romanticisme.]

Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition