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adjective
1.
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.
EXPANDdisplaying 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.
COLLAPSEnoting, of, or pertaining to the role of a suitor or lover in a play about love: the romantic lead.
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Unromantic
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Related forms
ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
ro·man·ti·cal·ness, noun
an·ti·ro·man·tic, adjective, noun
half-ro·man·tic, adjective
half-ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
EXPANDhy·per·ro·man·tic, adjective
hy·per·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·ro·man·tic, adjective, noun
non·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
post-Ro·man·tic, adjective
pre·ro·man·tic, adjective
pro·ro·man·tic, adjective
pseu·do·ro·man·tic, adjective
pseu·do·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
qua·si-ro·man·tic, adjective
qua·si-ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·ro·man·tic, adjective
sem·i·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
su·per·ro·man·tic, adjective
su·per·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
ul·tra·ro·man·tic, adjective
un·ro·man·tic, adjective
un·ro·man·ti·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. extravagant, exaggerated, wild, imaginative, fantastic. 9. improbable, unreal.
2. extravagant, exaggerated, wild, imaginative, fantastic. 9. improbable, unreal.
Antonyms
2. practical, realistic. 9. probable.
2. practical, realistic. 9. probable.
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDas 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.
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