romanticismo

Definitions of romanticismo
  1. noun
    impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
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    type of:
    idealismo
    impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are
  2. noun
    an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
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    types:
    polvo de estrellas
    a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality
    type of:
    cualidad
    an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
  3. noun
    a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
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    antonyms:
    clasicismo
    a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
    type of:
    artes, artes liberales, humanidades
    studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
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