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Definition romanticism in British English

romanticism noun

[uncountable] noun
/rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪz(ə)m/
1

a style of literature, art, and music common at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries that emphasized the importance of personal feelings and of nature

Synonyms and related words
abstract expressionism agitprop aquatint
Example

His incurable romanticism had led him to join the Foreign Legion.

Synonyms and related words
love respect passion
Definition romanticism in British English