romanticism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A romantic quality, spirit or action.

   “On at least ONE day of the week the Jew could conjure up a Messianic era where he breathed freely and happily. This romanticism is voiced in the Sabbath-songs of the Jews throughout the Diaspora.”

   “Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.”

name

1. An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.