romanticism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
noun a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

From romantic + -ism.

The damnable romanticism of these pure hearts! — Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In literature, its left wing is romanticism. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
The damnable romanticism of these pure hearts! — White nights, and other stories, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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