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romantisme

Romanticism

noun roh-mahn-TEES-muh Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Also means

romanticism

Usage Note

Romantisme refers both to the 19th-century artistic and literary movement (le Romantisme français produced Hugo, Lamartine, and Delacroix) and to a general romantic sensibility or outlook. Capitalised, it names the historical movement; lowercased, it describes a personal quality. The adjective romantique covers both 'Romantic' (movement) and 'romantic' (amorous).

Examples

"Ce poème appartient au romantisme."

Natural Translation

This poem belongs to Romanticism.

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