panromanticism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌpænɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪsɪz(ə)m/ (General-American)
- /ˌpænɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪsɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English panromantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English panromanticism From panromantic + -ism.
Meanings
- (neologism, uncountable) The state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
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(uncountable) An attitude that romanticizes indiscriminately.
Though the magazine is dead, as are some of the movements with which it was associated, its attitude, the protest of panromanticism to which it gave voice, is not.
1948, Renascence, page 173:In anthropology and psychology, certain scientists, such as Alsberg and Ludwig Klages, are spreading vitalistic panromanticism. They pay unbounded homage to man's depraved impulses, and hold up the Dionysian man as the ideal […]
1944, Andrew J. Krzesinski, Is Modern Culture Doomed?, page 60: