romanticists
Emotion-over-reason types
Romanticists are adherents of Romanticism, the artistic and intellectual movement that emerged in the late 18th century emphasizing emotion, individualism, and nature over classical restraint and rationality.
The term applies to poets like Wordsworth and Keats, painters like Delacroix, and composers like Chopin.
More loosely, romanticists are people inclined toward romantic or idealistic views: The romanticists in the group believed love could conquer all.
Titled Romantic versifier
- ColeridgeEnglish Romantic verse-maker
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- ShelleyEnglish Romantic surname
- BlakeAnglo-Saxon personal name
Wordsworth · Beethoven · Schubert · Chopin · Liszt · Wagner · Delacroix · Turner
Intense emotional drive
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
ardor · nostalgia · ecstasy · fervor · heartache · wistfulness · sensibility · rapture
Reverent fear and wonder
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- vastnessState of being immense
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
majesty · terror · beauty · wonder · magnificence · overwhelming · exaltation · divinity
Exceptionally brave and noble
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
transcendent · mythical · legendary · medieval · exotic · individualism · freedom · rebellion
Intuition-based idealist philosophy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- subjectivismBelief truth is personal
- organicismUnified living systems theory
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
intuition · emotion over reason · nature worship · creative spirit · inner life · self-expression · authenticity · genius
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Titled Romantic versifier
Wordsworth · Blake · Beethoven · Schubert · Chopin · Liszt · Wagner · Delacroix · Turner · Goethe
passion
Intense emotional drive
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- longingIntense, persistent desire
sentimentality · ardor · nostalgia · ecstasy · fervor · heartache · wistfulness · sensibility · rapture · intensity
awe
Reverent fear and wonder
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- vastnessState of being immense
infinity · majesty · terror · beauty · wonder · magnificence · overwhelming · exaltation · divinity · thunderstorm
heroic
Exceptionally brave and noble
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
visionary · transcendent · mythical · legendary · medieval · exotic · individualism · freedom · rebellion · imagination
transcendentalism
Intuition-based idealist philosophy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- subjectivismBelief truth is personal
- organicismUnified living systems theory
imagination · intuition · emotion over reason · nature worship · creative spirit · inner life · self-expression · authenticity · genius
wilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
forest · countryside · valley · meadow · brook · flora · fauna · pantheism · communion · rustic
poetry
Metrical literary composition
ballad · sonnet · canvas · brushwork · sculpture · landscape painting · lyric · ode · verse · composition
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- loverslover, lovers, beloved, sweethearts, sweetheart
romanticistsclassicists
Scholars of antiquity
rationalists · neoclassicists · empiricists · realists · formalists
romanticistsrationalists
Advocates of reasoned thinking
empiricists · skeptics · logicians · positivists · scientists
romanticistsrealists
Those accepting things as-is
pragmatists · cynics · skeptics · materialists · utilitarians