Romanticism

See also: romanticism

English

Etymology

romantic +‎ -ism

Proper noun

Romanticism

1. (art, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.

Related terms

• Romantic
• romanticist

Translations

artistic and intellectual movement

• Catalan: romanticisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浪漫主義／浪漫主义 (zh) (làngmànzhǔyì)

• Dutch: romantiek (nl) f
• Estonian: romantism
• Finnish: romantiikka (fi)
• French: romantisme (fr) m
• German: Romantik (de) f
• Hungarian: romantika (hu)
• Icelandic: rómantíkin f
• Irish: rómánsaíocht f
• Italian: Romanticismo (it) m
• Japanese: ロマン主義 (ロマンしゅぎ, roman-shugi)
• Polish: romantyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: Romantismo m
• Russian: романти́зм (ru) m (romantízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: романтизам m

  Roman: romantizam (sh) m

• Slovene: romantika f
• Spanish: Romanticismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: романти́зм (uk) m (romantýzm)