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Romantic: Meaning, Examples, and Usage Guide (2 meaning)
Meaning 1：love-related (romantic)
romantic
/roʊˈmæntɪk/
adj.
About love, or making you feel love, strong feelings, and happy dreams, like in a love story.
love-related
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/lʌv rɪˈleɪtɪd/
adj.
Relating to or denoting feelings of love, affection, and idealistic emotions, especially in a relationship.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Root Explanation
From 'romance' (story, from Old French) + '-tic' (adjective suffix).
💡 Mnemonic
Think of 'Rome' + 'antic' – imagine a romantic date in ancient Rome, full of anticipation.
📖 Example
He planned a very romantic dinner for his girlfriend, with candles and her favorite music.
He planned a very romantic dinner for his girlfriend, with candles and her favorite music.
🔗 Collocations
romantic dinner – A meal prepared with romantic ambiance, often with candles and soft music.
romantic relationship – A partnership based on love and emotional intimacy.
romantic comedy – A genre of film or play that combines love stories with humor.
🔄 Synonyms
amorous (adj.) – Showing or feeling strong sexual or romantic attraction.
sentimental (adj.) – Having or expressing strong, often tender emotions, sometimes excessively.
affectionate (adj.) – Readily showing fondness or tenderness toward another.
🚫 Antonyms
unromantic (adj.) – Lacking or not associated with romantic feelings or qualities.
indifferent (adj.) – Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.
cold (adj.) – Lacking affection or warmth of feeling.
🌱 Derivatives
romantically (adv.) – In a way that relates to or suggests romantic love.
romanticism (n.) – The state or quality of being romantic, or the artistic movement valuing emotion and nature.
romanticize (v.) – To treat or describe something in an idealized or overly sentimental way.
📖 Cultural Story
From Old French 'romanz' (vernacular story), which evolved to describe tales of chivalry and love. By the 17th century, 'romantic' acquired the sense of evoking strong emotion or beauty, especially in nature and art.
Meaning 2：emotion-and-nature art style (romantic)
romantic
/roʊˈmæntɪk/
adj.
A style in art, music, or writing (from around 1800s) that focuses on strong feelings, imagination, nature's beauty and power, rather than rules and reason.
emotion-and-nature art style
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/ɪˈmoʊʃən ænd ˈneɪtʃər ɑːrt staɪl/
adj.
Relating to the artistic and literary movement of Romanticism, which valued intense emotion, individualism, and the beauty of nature over classical forms and reason.
📘 Details & Usage
📖 Example
The artist was a romantic who loved to paint ships struggling against stormy seas.
The artist was a romantic who loved to paint ships struggling against stormy seas.
🔗 Collocations
Romantic movement – The 18th-19th century artistic and intellectual revolution emphasizing emotion and nature.
Romantic painting – A painting characteristic of Romanticism, often dramatic and expressive.
Romantic poetry – Poetry that explores deep feelings, imagination, and the natural world.
🔄 Synonyms
emotional (adj.) – Relating to or characterized by intense feeling.
expressive (adj.) – Effectively conveying thought, feeling, or mood.
sublime (adj.) – Of outstanding artistic quality or grandeur, inspiring awe.
🚫 Antonyms
🌱 Derivatives
Romanticism (n.) – The artistic movement emphasizing emotion and nature, roughly 1800-1850.
Romanticist (n./adj.) – A follower or advocate of Romanticism, or relating to it.
romanticize (v.) – To portray something in an idealized or extravagant manner, as in Romantic art.
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