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romanticism

Dictionary definition · Romanticism

noun

  1. 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"
  2. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
  3. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).