postromantic

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adjective

Of the era following the romantic era (approximately 1880 to 1914).

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

adjectivepostromantic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf the era following the romantic era (approximately 1880 to 1914).
nounpostromantic (plural postromantics)

plural postromantics

  1. A writer or artist from that era.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. LatinRōmānus
  8. Latinrōmānicus
  9. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  10. Old Frenchromanz
  11. Old Frenchromaunt
  12. Englishromant
  13. Englishromantic
  14. Englishpostromantic

From post- + romantic.

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Translations

Spanish posromántico
  • posrománticorelating to post-romanticism
Cite this entry
APA

postromantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postromantic

MLA

“postromantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postromantic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postromantic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postromantic.

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