Romanticism - Definition
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" [syn: Romanticism, Romantic Movement]
[ant: classicalism, classicism]
3: an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or
adventure) [syn: romanticism, romance]