romanticism

/roʊmˈæntʌsɪzʌm/

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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; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
Noun
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

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