ro‧man‧ti‧cis‧m /rəʊˈmæntəsɪzəm, rəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm, rə- $ roʊ-, rə-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: romance, romantic, romanticism; verb: romance, romanticize; adjective: romantic ≠ UNROMANTIC, romanticized; adverb: romantically]

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 Antonym : realism

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