A philosophical or artistic movement that opposes Romanticism and its emphasis on emotion, nature, and the individual.
From anti- (against) + Romanticism. This compound emerged in the 19th century to describe the countermovement against Romantic ideals that had dominated late 18th-century thought.
Antiromanticism was partially a reaction to overly emotional art and poetry—it's like when your grandmother couldn't stand all the dramatic sighing in romance novels and decided 'enough is enough, let's be practical.'
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