romantic adj

1 belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" [syn: romanticist, romanticistic]

2 expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous]

3 not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state" [syn: quixotic, wild-eyed]

1 a soulful or amorous idealist

2 an artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism [syn: romanticist] [ant: classicist]

English

Pronunciation

• rō-măn'tĭk, /rəʊˈmæntɪk/, /r@U"m

Romance or romantic may refer to:

• Romance languages, such as, but not limited to, French, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, and Spanish
• Romance (genre), a genre of medieval and renaissance narrative fiction
• Romance novel, a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
  • Erotic romance, a subgenre more clearly defined as erotic romance novels
  • Paranormal romance
  • Historical romance
• Ruritanian romance, adventure tales focusing on imaginary Mid-European and Eastern European countries
• Scientific romance, an archaic name for the science fiction genre
• Planetary romance a genre of science fantasy where adventures are set on another planet
• Romance (novel), a 1905 novel by Joseph Conrad
• Men's romantic fiction portraying romantic love from a male point of view
• Romantic poetry, of the Romantic movement in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
• "Romance" (poem), an 1829 poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• Romanticism, an artistic and intellectual movement in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
  • German Romanticism, the dominant cultural movement of much of the nineteenth century in German-speaking countries
  • Romantic nationalism, a form of nationalism
  • Romantic music, music of the Romantic movement (c. 1815-1910)
  • Romance (music), a simple, lyrical piece of music for solo voice or instrument; a common title or subtitle of musical compositions
  • Romantic ballet, a period in ballet in the mid-1800s, roughly corresponding with romantic movements in other art forms
• Romance (love)
  • Romantic friendship, in a non-sexual relationship
• Romance film, a film whose plot centers around romantic love
  • Romantic comedy film
  • Romantic drama film
• Romance, Arkansas, U.S.
• Romance, Missouri, U.S.
• Romance, Wisconsin U.S.
• Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, known as Romantic
• "Romantic" (song), by Karyn White
• The Romantics, an American rock 'n roll band from Detroit
• Romance (album), a 1991 album from Luis Miguel
• Romance (Seldom album), from 2002
• "Romance", a track on the album Light & Shade by Mike Oldfield
• Ali Project - Romance, by ALI PROJECT

• Romance (1930 film), starring Greta Garbo
• Romance (1999 film), directed by Catherine Breillat

See also

• Romanza (disambiguation)

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