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romanticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹəʊˈmæntɪsɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 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 romanticism From romantic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A romantic quality, spirit or action.
   • Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers. 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025:
   • On at least ONE day of the week the Jew could conjure up a Messianic era where he breathed freely and happily. This romanticism is voiced in the Sabbath-songs of the Jews throughout the Diaspora. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 368:

Forms

Deriveds

neo-romanticism · biromanticism · hyperromanticism · technoromanticism · aromanticism · heteroromanticism · homoromanticism · hyper-romanticism · neoromanticism · antiromanticism · panromanticism

Translations (63)

pt romantismo (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sq romantizëm (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ko 낭만주의 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · pt romanticismo (romantic quality, spirit or action) · hi रोमांटिसिज़्म (romantic quality, spirit or action) · uz romantizm (romantic quality, spirit or action) · az romantizm (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ru романти́зм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sh романтѝзам (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ja ロマンチシズム (romantic quality, spirit or action) · es romanticismo (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ka რომანტიზმი (romantic quality, spirit or action) · hu romanticizmus (romantic quality, spirit or action) · fi romantiikka (romantic quality, spirit or action) · fa رمانتیسم (romantic quality, spirit or action) · it romanticismo (romantic quality, spirit or action) · be раманты́зм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · cs romantismus (romantic quality, spirit or action) · eo romanikismo (romantic quality, spirit or action) · de Romantik (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ja ロマン主義 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · kk романтизм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · hi स्वच्छन्दतावाद (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ar رُومَانْسِيَّة (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ca romanticisme (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sh romantìzam (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ko 랑만주의 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · da romantik (romantic quality, spirit or action) · lv romantisms (romantic quality, spirit or action) · be рама́нтыка (romantic quality, spirit or action) · pl romantyczność (romantic quality, spirit or action) · el ρομαντισμός (romantic quality, spirit or action) · uk романти́зм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · nl romantiek (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sl romantika (romantic quality, spirit or action) · pl romantyzm (romantic quality, spirit or action) · uk рома́нтика (romantic quality, spirit or action) · yue 浪漫主義 /浪漫主义 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · fr romantisme (romantic quality, spirit or action) · bg романти́зъм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · cmn 浪漫主義 /浪漫主义 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sh рома̀нтично̄ст (romantic quality, spirit or action) · hy ռոմանտիզմ (romantic quality, spirit or action) · fr romanesque (romantic quality, spirit or action) · tg романтизм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ko 로맨티시즘 (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sl romantizem (romantic quality, spirit or action) · et romantism (romantic quality, spirit or action) · id romantisisme (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ky романтизм (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ru рома́нтика (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sv romantik (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ru романти́чность (romantic quality, spirit or action) · vi chủ nghĩa lãng mạn (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ms romantisisme (romantic quality, spirit or action) · ro romantism (romantic quality, spirit or action) · mk романти́зам (romantic quality, spirit or action) · lt romantizmas (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sk romantizmus (romantic quality, spirit or action) · hu romantika (romantic quality, spirit or action) · nb romantikk (romantic quality, spirit or action) · th จินตนิยม (romantic quality, spirit or action) · sh romàntičnōst (romantic quality, spirit or action)