romantic ideals
Partnership fantasy benchmarks
Romantic ideals are beliefs about love that emphasize passion, destiny, and emotional fulfillment—the notion that there's one perfect person for everyone, that true love conquers all, that relationships should feel effortless when they're "meant to be." The phrase often carries a note of skepticism: Her romantic ideals clashed with the realities of marriage.
Someone with romantic ideals expects grand gestures, deep connection, and happily-ever-after endings.
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- love at first sightImmediate romantic attraction to stranger
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- true loveAuthentic romantic connection
- loveIntense fond attachment
Jane Eyre · longing · transcendence · devotion · individuality · star-crossed lovers · authenticity · chivalry · grand gesture · swept off feet · sentimentality · rose-tinted glasses · troubadours · soulmates · beauty · eternal love · poetry · wonder
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- Romantic themespassion, affection, devotion, heartbreak, longing
- romantic enthusiasmpassion, fervor, ardor, rapture, ecstasy
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- RomanticismWilliam Blake, the sublime, J.M.W. Turner, Eugene Delacroix, emotionalism
- love conceptstrue love, soulmates, eternal love, unrequited love, forbidden love
romantic idealscynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
disillusionment · disenchantment · jadedness · pragmatism · pessimism
romantic idealspragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
cost-benefit analysis · expediency · opportunism · materialism
romantic idealsmarriage of convenience
Union for practical gain
arranged marriage · settling · strategic alliance · gold-digging · social climbing