Found 2 items, similar to Romanticism.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: romanticism romanticism n 1: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes 2: 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” [ant: classicism] 3: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) [syn: romance]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Romanticism Romanticism \Ro*man"ti*cism\, n. [CF. It. romanticismo, F. romantisme, romanticisme.] A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi?val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style. [1913 Webster] He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]