neoromanticism

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noun

Any of various movements in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that exist after and incorporate elements of Romanticism.

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Meanings

nounneoromanticism (uncountable)

alternative neo-romanticism · alternative Neoromanticism · alternative neo-Romanticism · alternative Neo-Romanticism

  1. capitalizedsometimesuncountableAny of various movements in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that exist after and incorporate elements of Romanticism.

    I finally decided that the production was a work of neoromanticism, not only because I like a good ten-dollar word, but because the basic struggle here is between the young and the old.

    1988 February 26, Tom Boeker, “The White Plague”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2020

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishromanticism
  16. Englishneoromanticism

From neo- + romanticism.

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Translations

French néoromantisme
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German Neuromantik
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Italian neoromanticismo
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APA

neoromanticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoromanticism

MLA

“neoromanticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoromanticism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neoromanticism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neoromanticism.

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