romanticism
1. [ noun ] impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
Related terms: idealism
2. [ noun ] a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
Examples:

"romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

Related terms: classicism humanistic_discipline artistic_style
3. [ noun ] an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
Synonyms: romance
Related terms: quality stardust romance
Similar spelling:   romantic
  romanticist
  romanticise
  romanticistic
  romanticize
  romantically