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romanticist

[ roh-man-tuh-sist ]

/ roʊˈmæn tə sɪst /

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noun

an adherent of romanticism in literature or art (contrasted with classicist).

Origin of romanticist

First recorded in 1820–30; romantic + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM romanticist

ro·man·ti·cis·tic, adjective an·ti·ro·man·ti·cist, noun, adjective

Words nearby romanticist

romansh, romantic, romantic comedy, romantic movement, romanticism, romanticist, romanticize, romanus, romany, romanza, romaunt

Example sentences from the Web for romanticist

But if you had not driven me to it, I would have been a romanticist still—always weaving dreams.

Comrade Yetta |Albert Edwards
In admiration of these it is impossible for us nowadays to go as far as even the romanticist, though extremely catholic, Gautier.

French Art |W. C. Brownell
The purely classical composer is always master of his subject, whereas the romanticist is often carried away by it.

Music: An Art and a Language |Walter Raymond Spalding
In his study of men of science Ostwald has introduced the distinction of classicist and romanticist.

Major Prophets of To-Day |Edwin E. Slosson

Here had the painter ever found color and form for his canvas; the romanticist, theme and character for his story.

The Greater Love |George T. McCarthy