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ultraromanticism

ultraromanticism noun: an exaggerated or extreme form of romanticism.

Noun

ultraromanticism (uncountable)

  1. An exaggerated or extreme form of romanticism.
    • Wordsworth, who occupies the hard-to-hold ground between the neoclassicism of Johnson and the ultraromanticism of Shelley, beckons with paternal authority.2007, Lee Oser, The Return of Christian Humanism, page 133
  2. (historical) A literary movement of this kind in Portugal and Brazil in the second half of the 19th century.

Questions about ultraromanticism

What does ultraromanticism mean?
Ultraromanticism means an exaggerated or extreme form of romanticism.
What part of speech is ultraromanticism?
Ultraromanticism is a noun.

Words near ultraromanticism in the dictionary

  1. ultrarights
  2. ultraripe
  3. ultrarisky
  4. ultraritualistic
  5. ultraromantic
  6. ultraromanticism
  7. ultraroyalism
  8. ultraroyalist
  9. ultraroyalists
  10. ultrarun
  11. ultrarunner

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