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New Romanticism

New Romanticism proper noun: a youth fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, associated with synthpop music and flamboyant and sometimes androgynous attire.

Proper noun

New Romanticism

  1. A youth fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, associated with synthpop music and flamboyant and sometimes androgynous attire.
    • Neither punk nor new romanticism were strictly urban affairs. The woodwork squeaked and out came the freaks from all corners of the country.2011 October 2, Boy George, “When we were heroes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about New Romanticism

What does New Romanticism mean?
New Romanticism means a youth fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, associated with synthpop music and flamboyant and sometimes androgynous attire.
What part of speech is New Romanticism?
New Romanticism is a proper noun.

Words near New Romanticism in the dictionary

  1. New Rizal
  2. New Roads
  3. New Rochelle
  4. New Rockford
  5. New Romantic
  6. New Romanticism
  7. New Romantics
  8. New Rome
  9. New Romney
  10. New Ross
  11. New Russia

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