Romanticism Edit Meaning

1.

A particular school of thought represented in art, writing and thinking originating in Europe during the 18th century. Moving away from most traditional ideas of the time, it put a strong importance on individuality, nature, love, and creativity.

Austen, Coleridge, and Wordsworth were all creator/followers of romanticism.

See gothic, individual, natural

2.

The name given to those schools of thought that value feeling and intuition over reason. Basically, a bunch of hippies.

"Hey! those hippies are smoking weed, having public sex, and expressing their feelings!"

"Yea romanticism is great."

See romanticism, heart, feelings, emo, hippy