romanticistic

8.6

Showing strong feeling and rich imagination like Romantic art

adjective
/roʊˌmæntɪˈsɪtɪk/

Literature

: romántico

His romanticistic approach to music emphasized emotion over structure.

Examples

The artist adopted a distinctly romanticistic style in her latest paintings.
Critics noted the romanticistic themes present throughout the novel.
The painting had a romanticistic style that captivated the audience.
Shakespeare's work is often considered romanticistic.
The artist adopted a distinctly romanticistic style in her latest paintings.
Critics noted the romanticistic themes present throughout the novel.
His romanticistic approach to music emphasized emotion over structure.

Synonyms

romantic

vsromanticistic

Literature

65 6.9

Relating to the late 1700s and early 1800s art movement that valued emotion and nature

is the general label for that movement without the specific historical period focus

romantical

vsromanticistic

Archaic

8.6

Relating to art and writing from the 1800s that focus on feeling and nature

is the broader term covering belonging rather than a particular emotional focus

Antonyms

realistic

Specialized

5 5.6

Supporting the idea that the world exists even if we do not think about it

How Romantic

romanticistic

Literature

8.6

romantic

NSFW

636 3.9

restrained

5.3

unromantic

8 4.1

Surface Forms

romanticistic positive

Morphology

romanticistic = romantic (semi-transparent) = romantic + istic

Formed from the adjective 'romantic' with the adjectival suffix '-istic'; the morphological relation is clear but the specialized association with the historical Romantic movement and the marked suffix may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Romanticistic comes from romantic, which itself comes from romance, a word for 'a story of strong feeling and adventure'. The art movement called Romanticism loved big emotions, nature and imagination, so something romanticistic means it belongs to or looks like that emotional, imaginative style.