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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  romanticism 
  n  1:  impractical  romantic  ideals  and  attitudes 
  2:  the  principles  of  romantic  literature  and  art  [ant:  {classicism}] 
  3:  an  exciting  and  mysterious  quality  (as  of  a  heroic  time  or 
  adventure)  [syn:  {romance}] 




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