romanticism

Word family  noun romance romantic romanticism adjective romantic ≠ unromantic romanticized verb romance romanticize adverb romantically

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ro·man·ti·cis·m /rəʊˈmæntəsɪzəm, rə- $ roʊ-, rə-/ noun [uncountable]  1. ASH (also Romanticism) a way of writing or painting that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century, in which feelings, imagination, and wild natural beauty were considered more important than anything else 浪漫主义〔18世纪末19世纪初流行的写作或绘画风格〕2. ideas which are not practical or not based on reality 不切实际的想法 OPP realism

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romanticism• It effectively conjured up the mixture of religion, fighting prowess and romanticism which the Legion held so dear.• He follows Cohen's bittersweet romanticism with a solid dose of Sonic Youth.• With both laughter and irritation Phoebe had returned to consciousness ironically amused at how nature could behave with such excessive romanticism.• Bella's puncturing of William's nostalgic romanticism with her admission that she never really fancied him.• When I was an undergraduate student studying sociology we were all warned of the dangers of romanticism.• There, during the war, the Allies were caught up in a jumble of intrigue, political romanticism and oriental exoticism.• It is in one movement, imbued throughout with profound melancholy, yet breathing a spirit of Viennese romanticism.

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romanticism
ro‧man‧ti‧cis‧m /rəʊˈmæntəsɪzəm, rəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm, rə- $ roʊ-, rə-/ noun [uncountable]1. (also Romanticism) a way of writing or painting that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century, in which feelings, imagination, and wild natural beauty were considered more important than anything else
2. ideas which are not practical or not based on reality
   OPP  realism

ro·man·ti·cismBrE /rəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /roʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (also Romanticism) a style and movement in art, music and literature in the late 18th and early 19th century, in which strong feelings, imagination and a return to nature were more important than reason, order and intellectual ideas 浪漫主义（18 世纪末 19 世纪初盛行于艺术、音乐及文学领域，以情感强烈、想象和回归自然为特征）  ➡  compare realism (3) the quality of seeing people, events and situations as more exciting and interesting than they really are 浪漫精神；浪漫的态度strong feelings of love; the fact of showing emotion, affection, etc. 强烈的爱情；情感的表达