panromanticism

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UK/ˌpænɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪsɪz(ə)m/US/ˌpænɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪsɪz(ə)m/

noun

The state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.

OriginEnglish panromantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē →
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Meanings

nounpanromanticism (uncountable)
  1. neologismuncountableThe state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
  2. uncountableAn attitude that romanticizes indiscriminately.

    Though the magazine is dead, as are some of the movements with which it was associated, its attitude, the protest of panromanticism to which it gave voice, is not.

    1948, Renascence, page 173
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    In anthropology and psychology, certain scientists, such as Alsberg and Ludwig Klages, are spreading vitalistic panromanticism. They pay unbounded homage to man's depraved impulses, and hold up the Dionysian man as the ideal […]

    1944, Andrew J. Krzesinski, Is Modern Culture Doomed?, page 60

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishpanromantic
  16. Englishpanromanticism

From panromantic + -ism.

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APA

panromanticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panromanticism

MLA

“panromanticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panromanticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panromanticism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panromanticism.

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