Romanticism

[rə(ʊ)'mæntɪsɪz(ə)m] or [ro'mæntə'sɪzəm]

Definition

(noun.) impractical romantic ideals and attitudes.

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

(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'.

Checker: Lyman--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Checker: Mimi

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