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romanticism

[roh-man-tuh-siz-uhm] / roʊˈmæn təˌsɪz əm /




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Puccini’s melodic gift in works like “La Bohème” and “Tosca” captured emotional intensity and sweeping romanticism.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Any mention of "DNA" is usually laced with romanticism.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

That romanticism inspired a radio play and novella by W.O.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

But if we are to experience a revival of the studia humanitatis—even as machine “intelligence” threatens to strip-mine the whole human archive—it will come through late-modern doubt and critique and from a new romanticism too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

If he kissed her hand, it was to bid her good night; he did it with a schoolboy look on his face that drained all romanticism from the gesture.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende