romantic
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- noun
- /roʊˈmæntɪk/
- Literature
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romántico
- The text is by romantic German poet Friedrich Ruckert.
- a male romantic
This could be the way of a romantic like Wagner with Tristan.
- This could be the way of a romantic like Wagner with Tristan.
- The English romantics preferred when they were moved to speak of revolution, a series of metaphors about dawn.
Examples
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" Well, but Daddy's a romantic; he loves Shakespeare, especially because Keats seems so much like him; but he can't stand Milton.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ideal of romantics like Blake was liberty from tyranny in all forms.
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That is not the nature or the human nature of the Romantic.
Academic text (1993) -
You, you saw, are an eloquent romantic indeed.
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On one level he is a kind of parody of a romantic singer.
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This could be the way of a romantic like Wagner with Tristan.
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" You're the true romantic of the family."
Fiction book (2001) -
Another stereotypically characterized husband is Antonio Rosellini, an Italian romantic who shows immeasurable passion and love for Esmeralda.
Academic text (2011) -
His first station is that of the literary romantic who wrote such books as Ab Madinah al-Mashurah (The Bewitched City) and Ashwak (Thorns).
Academic text (2000) -
As a true romantic, she often daydreamed about epic love stories and grand adventures.
Synonyms
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An artist, writer, or thinker who follows ideas about strong feelings and nature
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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A movement in art and writing that values strong feeling and nature over reason
- Literature
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A style of art and writing that mixes feeling and real-life detail
How Romantic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Romantic for an artist comes from romance, because writers and painters around 1800 loved the wild feeling and deep imagination of old 'romance' stories. That's why a romantic artist cares more about strong emotion and personal feeling than strict rules.