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panromanticism

UK/ˌpænɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪsɪz(ə)m/US/ˌpænɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪsɪz(ə)m/

panromanticism noun: the state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.

Noun

panromanticism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
  2. An attitude that romanticizes indiscriminately.
    • In anthropology and psychology, certain scientists, such as Alsberg and Ludwig Klages, are spreading vitalistic panromanticism. They pay unbounded homage to man's depraved impulses, and hold up the Dionysian man as the ideal […]1944, Andrew J. Krzesinski, Is Modern Culture Doomed?, page 60
    • Though the magazine is dead, as are some of the movements with which it was associated, its attitude, the protest of panromanticism to which it gave voice, is not.1948, Renascence, page 173

Origin of panromanticism

From panromantic + -ism.

Questions about panromanticism

What does panromanticism mean?
Panromanticism means the state of being panromantic, i.e. romantically attracted to people regardless of genders.
What part of speech is panromanticism?
Panromanticism is a noun.
How do you pronounce panromanticism?
Panromanticism is pronounced /ˌpænɹə(ʊ)ˈmæntɪsɪz(ə)m/ (UK).

Words near panromanticism in the dictionary

  1. panretinal
  2. panretinally
  3. panretinophotocoagulation
  4. panrhythmic
  5. panromantic
  6. panromanticism
  7. panromantics
  8. pans
  9. pans and scans
  10. pans out
  11. pansaree

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