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Webster 1913 Edition
Romanticism
Ro-man′ti-cism
,Noun.
[CF. It.
romanticismo
, F. romantisme
, romanticisme
.] 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[GREEK]val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
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.
Definition 2024
Romanticism
Romanticism
See also: romanticism
English
Proper noun
Romanticism
- An artistic and intellectual movement, stressing emotion, freedom and individual imagination, that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century.
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artistic and intellectual movement
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romanticism
romanticism
See also: Romanticism
English
Noun
romanticism (plural romanticisms)
- A romantic quality, spirit or action
Derived terms
Terms derived from romanticism
Translations
romantic quality, spirit or action
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