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of romance; impractical or unrealistic; imbued with idealism; preoccupied with love; passionate; fervent; of a style of art stressing imagination and emotion; romantic person

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  • "It is, mercifully, an anti-romantic view of these killers ..."
  • And that's very odd, considering that Hardy was in some very strong sense kind of anti-romantic.
  • I'm telling you, it makes me feel as if we really are celebrating the day properly, hurt, anger and anti-romantic feelings and all.
  • But he also includes the voice of an anti-romantic, who dismisses it all as a pose, and the artist's drawings of Dream corroborate Mervyn's suspicions.
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