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romanticism

romanticism

4 6.8
A belief in perfect love that seems unrealistic
  • noun
  • /roʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm/
translation icon : romanticismo
  • At the same time, her interest in nature illustrated an incipient romanticism that we seldom think of as part of neoclassicism.
  • naive romanticism
  • political romanticism
  • German romanticism

And So what I, what I have realized love is not is romanticism.

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Examples

  • Now, having all that rich romanticism directed straight at her was almost overwhelming.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • You know, brother, for me it was a combination of the romanticism and shame.

  • In a way, I put all my romanticism into that one night... ... and I was never able to feel all this again.

    Before Sunset (2004)

  • So romanticism would stress things like the heart over the head and the importance of emotion.

  • "We should stay here until we die," she said, moved by her incorrigible romanticism.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The family environment of the teen mothers was found to be significantly related to their feelings of romanticism.

    Academic text (1997)

  • With regard to romanticism, teen mothers who previously had an abortion had lower romanticism scores than those who had not.

    Academic text (1997)

  • A society without frenzy, calm, ordered, knowing how to live naturally within the Beautiful without exclamation or romanticism.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Nonetheless, despite the marked differences, Emma's dream is also related to romanticism for its monstrous character.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Her novels are filled with romanticism, portraying love in an idealized and often unrealistic way.

Synonyms

sentimentality
vsromanticism
17 5.5

A way of showing too much emotion that seems false

expresses genuine but impractical romantic ideals rather than insincere emotion
sentimentalism
vsromanticism
1 7.9

A tendency to show too much tender or nostalgic feeling about the past

focuses on impractical romantic ideals rather than general excess emotion

Antonyms

realism
38 4.5

A way of thinking that accepts facts and prefers practical plans

pragmatism
14 5.6

A practical way of solving problems that focuses on what works

Compounds

pre-Romanticism
9.9

A European movement before the Romantic movement that focuses on nature and feeling

How Idealistic

romanticism
4 6.8
practicality
26 3.9

Surface Forms

romanticism singular
romanticisms plural

Morphology

romanticism = romantic (transparent) = romantic + ism

Formed by the productive suffix '-ism' added to the adjective 'romantic', indicating the quality or state of being romantic.

Etymology

Romanticism comes from the word romance, which used to mean a 'love story' or a dreamy tale. So romanticism can mean believing in perfect love and fairy-tale endings.