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ro⋅man⋅tic

  [roh-man-tik]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
2. fanciful; impractical; unrealistic: romantic ideas.
3. imbued with or dominated by idealism, a desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.
4. characterized by a preoccupation with love or by the idealizing of love or one's beloved.
5. displaying or expressing love or strong affection.
6. ardent; passionate; fervent.
7. (usually initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a style of literature and art that subordinates form to content, encourages freedom of treatment, emphasizes imagination, emotion, and introspection, and often celebrates nature, the ordinary person, and freedom of the spirit (contrasted with classical ).
8. of or pertaining to a musical style characteristic chiefly of the 19th century and marked by the free expression of imagination and emotion, virtuosic display, experimentation with form, and the adventurous development of orchestral and piano music and opera.
9. imaginary, fictitious, or fabulous.
10. noting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love: the romantic lead.
–noun
11. a romantic person.
12. a romanticist.
13. romantics, romantic ideas, ways, etc.
Origin:
1650–60; < F romantique, deriv. of romant romaunt; see -ic

Related forms:
ro⋅man⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
ro⋅man⋅ti⋅cal⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. extravagant, exaggerated, wild, imaginative, fantastic. 9. improbable, unreal.

Antonyms:
2. practical, realistic. 9. probable.
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ro·man·tic   (rō-mān'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.
  2. Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See Synonyms at sentimental.
  3. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.
  4. Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.
  5. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.
  6. often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.
n.  
  1. A romantic person.
  2. often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism.

[French romantique, from obsolete romant, romance, from Old French romans, romant-, romance; see romance.]
ro·man'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Romantic

Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See Romance.]

1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.

Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such a persuasion? --South.

Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men have represented as chimerical and romantic. --Addison.

2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.

3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.

4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.

Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious; extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental.

The romantic drama. See under Drama.
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Language Translation for : romantic
Spanish: romántico,
German: Liebes-…,
Japanese: 恋愛の
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romantic 
1659, "of the nature of a literary romance," from Fr. romantique, from M.Fr. romant "a romance," oblique case of O.Fr. romanz "verse narrative" (see romance). As a literary style, opposed to classical since before 1812. Meaning "characteristic of an ideal love affair" (such as usually formed the subject of literary romances) is from 1666. The noun meaning "an adherent of romantic virtues in literature" is from 1827. Romanticism first recorded 1803 as "a romantic idea;" generalized sense of "a tendency toward romantic ideas" is first recorded 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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