romanticist adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" [syn: {romantic}, {romanticist}, {romanticistic}] n 1: someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality [syn: {sentimentalist}, {romanticist}] 2: an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism [syn: {romanticist}, {romantic}] [ant: {classicist}]
Romanticist \Ro*man"ti*cist\, n. One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. --J. R. Seeley. [1913 Webster]