romantic

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of romance.
2. Given to thoughts or feelings of romance. See synonyms at sentimental.
3. Displaying, expressive of, or conducive to love: a romantic atmosphere.
4. Imaginative but impractical; visionary: romantic notions.
5. Not based on fact; imaginary or fictitious: His memoirs were criticized as a romantic view of the past.
6. often Romantic Of or characteristic of romanticism in the arts.

n.

1. A romantic person.
2. often Romantic A follower or adherent of romanticism.

[French romantique, from obsolete romant, romance, from Old French romans, romant-, romance. See romance.]

romantically ro·man'ti·cal·ly adv.

adjective

1. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional: bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy. Informal gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, sloppy, soupy. Slang drippy, sappy, tear-jerking. See feelings.
2. Not compatible with reality: idealistic, quixotic, starry-eyed, unrealistic, utopian, visionary. See hope/despair, real/imaginary.

adj

Definition: sentimental, idealistic
Antonyms: pragmatic, realistic, unromantic, unsentimental

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Term applied to the era in music history, from c1790 to 1910, that succeeded the Classical period. The word ‘romantic’ has to do with romance, imagination, the strange and the fantastic; in music it is applied (as to literature and painting) to works in which fantasy and imagination are in their own right more important than classical features such as balance, restraint and good taste.

Romanticism has early manifestations in English 18th-century literature, but its chief development was in Paris and Germany. In post-Revolution Paris, it is seen in the new types of opera that began to emerge and in the massive scale of patriotic music-making. In Germany, it appeared in the work of E. T. A. Hoffmann, the operas of Weber and the songs of Schubert, for example. The influence of Goethe, and particularly his Faust, was widely felt: Faust's search for immortality and transcendental sensual experience, leading him to meddle with the forces of darkness, typifies some of the attitudes of early Romanticism, seen in music in such works as Schubert's song Der Erlkönig, Weber's Der Freischütz and Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. The position of the creative artist began to change: the artist could lead the way into a transcendental world and thus came to be regarded as a spiritual hero.

In music, Romanticism led to looser and more extended musical forms, including the symphonic poem (an orchestral work that related a story, or at least had a literary or artistic background), the expressive miniature for piano (especially the nocturne, cultivated by Field, Chopin and others, in which clear outlines were blurred to provide a dreamy, nocturnal effect), the art song (in which great emphasis was placed on the music's detailed expression of the verbal text and the symbolic meanings it carried) and opera, with plots that dealt with the escape of individuals from political repression (‘rescue operas’) or the fates of national or religious groups (especially in French grand opera) or events in exotic, far-off settings, usually in medieval times (Italian composers especially favoured plots set in Scotland based on Walter Scott).

Another manifestation of Romanticism is found in the exaltation not only of the composer but of the virtuoso performer; pianists such as Chopin and Liszt, and the violinist Paganini, acquired European reputations for their unique insights or heroic brilliance. A further aspect of Romanticism is found in the search for national identity, often through their history and folk-music repertory, by many of the European countries just attaining political maturity or independence.

The early period of Romanticism is generally seen as ending about the middle of the century, and the middle period as ending in c1890; the final period can be reckoned as ending in c1910 or at the time of World War I.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A soulful or amorous idealist; Expressive of or exciting love.

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me — Freddie Mercury

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - romantisk, fantasifuldt
n. - romantiker

Nederlands (Dutch)
romanticus, romantisch, romanesk

Français (French)
adj. - romantique, romanesque
n. - romantique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Romantiker
adj. - romantisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ρομαντικό άτομο
adj. - ρομαντικός, ουτοπικός, χιμαιρικός

Italiano (Italian)
romantico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - romântico (m)
adj. - romântico, sentimental

Русский (Russian)
романтик, романтичный, романтический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - romántico
n. - romántico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - romantiker
adj. - romantisk, orealistisk, svärmisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
浪漫的, 想像的, 传奇性的, 浪漫的人, 浪漫主义作家, 爱幻想者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 浪漫的, 想像的, 傳奇性的
n. - 浪漫的人, 浪漫主義作家, 愛幻想者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공상 소설적인, 전기 소설적인, 공상에 잠기는
n. - 로맨틱한 사람, 낭만주의자, 로맨틱한 사상

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 伝奇物語的な, 神秘的な, 英雄的な, 熱烈な恋愛の, ロマンチックな, 空想にふける, 空想的な, 架空の, ロマン主義の
n. - ロマンチックな人, ロマン派作家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص رومانتيكي (صفه) خيالي, وهمي, غير عملي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רומנטי, רגשי, רגשני, דמיוני, קשור לתנועה הרומנטית באמנות במאות ה-81-91, בלתי-מעשי או דמיוני (פרויקט)‬
n. - ‮רומנטיקן, בעל חזיונות, אידיאליסט, רגשני‬

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