romanticism
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- noun
- /roʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm/
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romanticismo
- I admire the romanticism of manned space exploration; I think I'd rather have a dozen unmanned missions over one manned mission.
Examples
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My name is Noel Umlauf, and so he became a tiny testament to the romanticism and independence of spirit that Berta Krause had nurtured as a girl.
Fiction book (1994) -
The romanticism and mystery of the past lead some people to seek higher levels of understanding through reading and other educational outlets.
Academic text (1996) -
And there was a lot of romanticism that came from the hippies of back to the land and a lot of that kind of stuff.
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There's an undeniable romanticism attached to it all.
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Moreover, it served to create an ambience of romanticism and nationalism.
Academic text (1994) -
This complex calendar system fueled much of the New Age romanticism surrounding the Mayans.
Blog text (27) -
The breathtaking views of the mountains added a sense of romanticism to our adventure.
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His stories from ancient times are filled with romanticism, depicting heroes and grand quests.
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The novel captures the romanticism of exploration during the golden age of discovery.
Synonyms
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An exciting, mysterious feeling about adventure or heroic times
Antonyms
Compounds
A European movement before the Romantic movement that focuses on nature and feeling
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Etymology
Romanticism comes from the word romance, an old word for a 'story' full of heroes, adventure, and mystery. So romanticism can also mean a taste for exciting, adventurous, or mysterious things, like the life of old hero stories.