romantic fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofromanticandfiction

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romantic
adjective
uk
/rəʊˈmæn.tɪk/us
/roʊˈmæn.t̬ɪk/
relating to love or a close ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofromanticandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The result looks like an impressive scholarly work, but in fact much of it isromanticfiction.
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Our proposals recognise that some children have special difficulties: not all are the endearing babes in arms ofromanticfiction.
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I do not see why writing a book ofromanticfictionshould entitle one to refuse with impunity to divulge evidence to police investigating a serious crime.
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Popular parts of the magazine included monthly budget meal plans andromanticfiction.
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Bishop's preference was forromanticfiction, of which she wrote and published far more than she did of the weird.
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Her books are difficult to classify by genre, since they contain elements ofromanticfiction, historical fiction, and science fiction.
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She easily churned out formulaicromanticfictionserials that would run for weeks at a time.
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It's a piece of pureromanticfiction, as lurid as it is absurd.
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They areromanticfictionwith a sense of humor.
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He started out as a thriller writer, but after being unsuccessful with this genre, switched to writingromanticfiction.
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Her works are regarded as well researched, filled with historical details and peopled by communities of interlinked characters, stretching the boundaries of the historicalromanticfictiongenre.
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Chambers later turned to writingromanticfictionto earn a living.
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The project was now to show how lower genres (such as crime fiction,romanticfictionand science fiction) could be a mosaic of equal truths that make up reality.
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Farrell reports, for example, that magazines about marriage andromanticfictioncontinue to attract a 98% female readership.
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She also had someromanticfictionpublished.
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Mary began to create and sellromanticfictionto women's magazines.
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