noun
Meaning 1
An advocate or follower of romanticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
romanticist
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adjective
Meaning 2
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- romantic poetry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: romantic, romanticistic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: romantic
Antonyms: classicist
Broader terms: artist, creative person
noun
Meaning 4
someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sentimentalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English romanticist From romantic + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: romàntic — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Danish: romantiker — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Esperanto: romanikisto — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Esperanto: romanikulo — advocate or follower of romanticism
- German: Romantiker — advocate or follower of romanticism
- German: Romantikerin — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Hungarian: romantikus — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Japanese: ロマンチスト (romanchisuto) — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Japanese: ロマンティスト (romantisuto) — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Norwegian Bokmål: romantiker — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: romantikar — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Spanish: romántico — advocate or follower of romanticism
- Swedish: romantiker — advocate or follower of romanticism