romantic : Idioms & Phrases

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pseudo-romantic

Pseu`do-ro*man"tic adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + romantic.]
Definitions
  1. Falsely romantic.
    The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. De Quincey.
Webster 1913

romantic movement

  • noun a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
    Romanticism.
    • Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality
WordNet

romantic realism

  • noun the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England
    Hudson River school.
WordNet

The romantic drama

  • the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage.
Webster 1913