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ROMANTIC MOVEMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

Example:

Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality

Synonyms:

Romantic Movement; Romanticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Romantic Movement" is a kind of...):

artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

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