anti-romantic
adjective
(alsoantiromantic)uk/ˌæn.ti.rəʊˈmæn.tɪk//ˌæn.ti.rəˈmæn.tɪk/us/ˌæn.taɪ.roʊˈmæn.t̬ɪk/art,literature,musicspecialized(alsoanti-Romantic)
opposedto theideasofRomanticism(= astyleofart,music, andliteraturethatdealswith thebeautyofnatureandhumanemotions):
the anti-romanticmovement
Larkin had an anti-romantic and anti-moderniststyleofpoetry.
Schmidt'srestrainedstylebroughtout this anti-Romantic composer'sformallyricism.
notpresentingloveandrelationshipsin aromanticway, oftenshowinglifeas it really is :
Hisfilmsare anti-romantic.
In manywayshe was out ofstepwith hiscentury, beingdeeplyreligiousandconservative, antisecular and antiromantic.
- Manywritersregardedas pro-realistexhibitedstronganti-romantictendencies.
- It is in the anti-romanticveinof Swift'srealisticpoemson women.
- George Bernard Shaw’s "Arms and the Man" is athoughtprovokinganti-romanticcomedy.
- Thebookisdeeplyantiromantic.
Art history & artistic movements
- abstract
- aesthetic
- anti-modern
- anti-modernism
- anti-modernist
- expressionism
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- expressionistically
- figurative
- modernist
- montage
- naturalism
- naturalistic
- non-abstract
- rococo
- romantic
- romanticism
- screen printing
- silkscreen
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